,,:»;%£### ###£%;»:,,
,,,:»;%£## ##£%;»:,,,
,,,,:»;%£# #£%;»:,,,,
,,,,,:»;%£ £%;»:,,,,,
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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. :,,,,,,,,,
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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) ###£%;»:,,
,,,:»;%£## ##£%;»:,,,
,,,,:»;%£# ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; #£%;»:,,,,
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