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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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@@*«^^^^^. : : : : .^^^^^«*@@
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##@@§*:«^. (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) .^«:*§@@##
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