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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. £%;«,,,,,,
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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. @¤£%;«,,,,
,,,,,«;%£¤ ¤£%;«,,,,,
,,,,,,«;%£ 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. @¤£%;«,,,,
,,,«;%£¤@@ @@¤£%;«,,,
,,«;%£¤@@# 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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