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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. ##£&%*\«..
...«\*%&£# #£&%*\«...
....«\*%&£ 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. %*\«......
.....«\*%& &%*\«.....
....«\*%&£ 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. \«........
.......«\* *\«.......
......«\*% 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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