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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. ###¤§§\=:,
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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. ####¤§\=:,
,:=\§¤#### ####¤§\=:,
,:=\§¤#### 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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