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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 ,,,,,.;;%#
##¶#$%;»., CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ,.»;%$#¶##
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