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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. #@@*$;~,¨¨
¨,~;$*@@## ##@@*$;~,¨
¨¨,~;$*@@# 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. @*$;~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~;$* *$;~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~;$ 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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