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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. ,@,@,@,@@,
@,@,@,@,,@ ,@,@,@,,@,
@,@,@,@,@@ 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. ,@,@,@,@@,
@,@,@,@,,@ ,@,@,@,,@,
@,@,@,@,@@ 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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