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&&&.&&..&. MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES .&.&..&&&&
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...&..&..& IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE .&...&&.&&
&..&&.&&.& SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN .&&..&.&&.
&&.&.&&.&& A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / .&.&.&&&.&
..&&&&.&&. SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY .&&&&&..&&
&.&...&&.& POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE .&....&.&.
&&&&..&.&& THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING .&&...&&&&
....&.&&&. BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK? OOF!" HE'D &&.&..&...
....&&&..& SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT ..&&&.&&..
....&..&.& THIS, GOING FOR GIRLS MY AGE. ..&..&&.&.
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&...&.&&.. THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A .&&.&&&&..
&&..&&&.&. GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER &&.&&...&.
&.&.&..&&& SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY &.&&.&..&&
.&&&&&.&.. TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD &&&.&&&.&.
.&....&&&. WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT &..&&..&&&
&&&...&..& QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND .&.&.&.&..
&..&..&&.& WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. .&&&&&&&&.
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..&&.&&&&. THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. .&&......&
&.&.&&...& WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN .&.&.....&
.&&&&.&..& GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN &&&&&....&
&&...&&&.& A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, .....&...&
..&..&..&& FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN .....&&..&
&.&&.&&.&. AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE &....&.&.&
.&&.&&.&&& WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM .&...&&&&&
&&.&&.&&.. TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS &&&..&....
&.&&.&&.&. DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT &..&.&&...
&&&.&&.&&& WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT .&.&&&.&..
&..&&.&&.. EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE &&&&..&&&.
&&.&.&&.&. PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE. &...&.&..&
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.&..&.&&&& FOLLOWING THE BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS UP &&&...&.&&
&&&.&&&... I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN ...&..&&&.
&..&&..&.. VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I &..&&.&..&
.&.&.&.&&. APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. .&.&.&&&.&
&&&&&&&&.& IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED &&&&&&..&&
........&& BOTH THE SHOES. &.....&.&.
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&.......&& I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T &&&...&...
&&......&. MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ...&..&&..
&.&.....&& STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ...&&.&.&.
&&&&....&. PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY &..&.&&&&&
....&...&& LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT &&.&&&....
....&&..&. MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ..&&..&...
....&.&.&& WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ..&.&.&&..
....&&&&&. COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO ..&&&&&.&.
....&....& YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A &.&....&&&
&...&&...& FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" .&&&...&..
&&..&.&..& BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. .&..&..&&.
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.&&&&...&& SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME &&.&&.&&&&
&&...&..&. OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF &.&&.&&...
&.&..&&.&& ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER &&&.&&.&..
&&&&.&.&&. AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND ...&&.&&&.
&...&&&&.& THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING ...&.&&..&
.&..&...&& CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED &..&&&.&.&
&&&.&&..&. OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY .&.&..&&&&
...&&.&.&& AROUND BY THE LIGHT SHINING DOWN FROM &&&&&.&...
...&.&&&&. THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. .....&&&..
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...&..&..& SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT .&...&&.&&
&..&&.&&.& DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED .&&..&.&&.
&&.&.&&.&& CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND .&.&.&&&.&
..&&&&.&&. SAID - .&&&&&..&&
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....&&&..& (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ..&&&.&&..
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