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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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