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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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#@@¤§%;~,, (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ,,~;%§¤@@#
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