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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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