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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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