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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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