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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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