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##§&%†=^.. †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ..^=†%&§##
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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. ..^=†%&§##
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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. ..^=†%&§##
###§&%†=^. .^=†%&§###
##§&%†=^.. 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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###§&%†=^. †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† .^=†%&§###
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