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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. ...&&..&&.
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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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