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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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