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