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¨¨¨¨¨~~§&@ **************************************** @&§~~¨¨¨¨¨
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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. ###&$§*~,¨
¨,~*§$&@## ##@&$§*~,¨
¨,~*§$&&&@ 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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¨,~*§$&@## (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ##@&$§*~,¨
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