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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. ,,,,,:~=@§
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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. ,:~=@§#@##
#@#§@=~:,, ,,:~=@§#@#
@#§@=~:,,, 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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#@#§@=~:,, **************************************** ,,:~=@§#@#
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