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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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