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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. .......,~;
$;~,...... ......,~;$
$$;~,..... THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A .....,~;$$
§$$;~,.... GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER ....,~;$$§
#§$$;~,... SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY ...,~;$$§#
@#§$$;~,.. TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ..,~;$$§#@
#@#§$$;~,. WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT .,~;$$§#@#
@#§$$;~,.. QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND ..,~;$$§#@
#§$$;~,... WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. ...,~;$$§#
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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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