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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. ##@§£*==-,
,,-==*£§@# #@§£*==-,,
,,,-==*£§@ 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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