,,=**%¤### ###¤%**=,,
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,,=**%¤### ###¤%**=,,
,,,=**%¤## **************************************** ##¤%**=,,,
,,=**%¤### ###¤%**=,,
,,,=**%¤## MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES ##¤%**=,,,
,,=**%¤### ###¤%**=,,
,,,=**%¤## * * * * ##¤%**=,,,
,,=**%¤### ###¤%**=,,
,,,=**%¤## 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. ###¤%**=,,
,,,=**%¤## ##¤%**=,,,
,,=**%¤### * * * * ###¤%**=,,
,,,=**%¤## ##¤%**=,,,
,,=**%¤### 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 - ###¤%**=,,
,,,=**%¤## ##¤%**=,,,
,,=**%¤### * * * * ###¤%**=,,
,,,=**%¤## ##¤%**=,,,
,,=**%¤### (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ###¤%**=,,
,,,=**%¤## ##¤%**=,,,
,,=**%¤### **************************************** ###¤%**=,,
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