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#@$-,,,,,, **************************************** ,,,,,,-$@#
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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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