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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. ¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¨
¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨ ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨ 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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