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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 .¤.¤.¤.¤.¤
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.¤..¤.¤¤.. (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) .¤.¤.¤.¤.¤
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