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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 $:»-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-»: TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD :»-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-» WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT »-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-» WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. »-,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,-»:$ 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. $:»-,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,-» SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT »-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,- DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED -,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,-» CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND »-,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-»: SAID - :»-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-»:$ $:»-,,,,,,
,,,,,-»:$¤ : : : : ¤$:»-,,,,,
,,,,-»:$¤# #¤$:»-,,,,
,,,-»:$¤## (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ##¤$:»-,,,
,,-»:$¤### ###¤$:»-,,
,-»:$¤#### :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ####¤$:»-,
,,-»:$¤### ###¤$:»-,,
,,,-»:$¤## ##¤$:»-,,,
,,,,-»:$¤# #¤$:»-,,,,
,,,,,-»:$¤ ¤$:»-,,,,,
,,,,,,-»:$ $:»-,,,,,,