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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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