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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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