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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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