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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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