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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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¤¤¤¤@$;~-, FOLLOWING THE BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS UP ,-~;$@¤¤¤¤
##@¤@$;~-, I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN ,-~;$@¤@##
##@¤@$;~-, VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ,-~;$@¤@##
@¤¤¤@$;~-, APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ,-~;$@¤¤¤@
##@¤@$;~-, IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED ,-~;$@¤@##
##@¤@$;~-, BOTH THE SHOES. ,-~;$@¤@##
##@¤@$;~-, ,-~;$@¤@##
##@¤@$;~-, I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T ,-~;$@¤@##
¤$~--,,,,, MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ,,,,,--~$¤
###@¤@$~-, STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ,-~$@¤@###
@@¤$;;~,,, PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ,,,~;;$¤@@
###@¤@$;-, LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT ,-;$@¤@###
###@¤@$~-, MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ,-~$@¤@###
@¤$~~~,,,, WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ,,,,~~~$¤@
¤$~,,,,,,, COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO ,,,,,,,~$¤
#@@;---,,, 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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