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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 #¤**;;««,,
,,«;*$¤### PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY ###¤$*;«,,
,,«;$¤#### LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT ####¤$;«,,
,,«;*$¤### MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ###¤$*;«,,
,,,,,;$¤¤# WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND #¤¤$;,,,,,
,,«;;*$$## COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO ##$$*;;«,,
,,«;*$¤### YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A ###¤$*;«,,
,,,,,««;$# FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" #$;««,,,,,
,,«;*$¤### BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. ###¤$*;«,,
,,«;*$¤¤## ##¤¤$*;«,,
,,«;*$¤### SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ###¤$*;«,,
,,«;*$¤### OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF ###¤$*;«,,
,,,,,,;;*¤ 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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