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.-=*§%¤### **************************************** ###¤%§*=-.
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.-=*§%¤### MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES ###¤%§*=-.
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.-=*§%¤### * * * * ###¤%§*=-.
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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. ####¤%§*-.
....-*§§¤¤ ¤¤§§*-....
.-=*§%¤### 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. ###¤%§*=-.
.-=*§%¤### ###¤%§*=-.
.-=*§%¤### 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. ###¤%§*=-.
.-=*§%¤### ###¤%§*=-.
.-=*§%¤### 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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.-=*§%¤### **************************************** ###¤%§*=-.
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