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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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