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¨.-^%§¤### ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ###¤§%^-.¨
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¨.-^%§¤### MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES ###¤§%^-.¨
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¨.-^%§¤### ^ ^ ^ ^ ###¤§%^-.¨
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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. ###¤§%^-.¨
¨.-^%§¤### ###¤§%^-.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.^^%¤ 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨.^§¤ ^ ^ ^ ^ ¤§^.¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨.-^%§¤### (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ###¤§%^-.¨
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¨.-^%§¤### ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ###¤§%^-.¨
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