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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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