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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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