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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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