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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. ##@@¤£/-^,
,,^^-//%¤¤ ¤¤%//-^^,,
,,,,^-%£@@ 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. @£/-,,,,,,
,^-/%£@@## ##@@£%/-^,
,^-/%£¤@@# 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. ¤¤¤¤£%/-^,
,^-/%£¤@@# #@@¤£%/-^,
^-/%£¤@@## 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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