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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. ...¤¤¤.¤¤¤
¤¤.¤...¤¤. ¤..¤..¤¤..
¤.¤¤¤..¤.¤ 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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