#§**^=~... ...~=^**§#
###§%*^=~. .~=^*%§###
§*==~..... .....~==*§
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§***^^^=~. .~=^^^***§
###§%*^=~. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .~=^*%§###
###§%*^=~. .~=^*%§###
###§%*^=~. MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES .~=^*%§###
#§§§%*^=~. .~=^*%§§§#
###§%*^=~. ^ ^ ^ ^ .~=^*%§###
###§%*^=~. .~=^*%§###
###§%*^=~. 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. .....~^%##
§*=....... .......=*§
§§§*^~.... 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. ....~~=*§§
###§%*^=~. .~=^*%§###
#§**^==~.. ^ ^ ^ ^ ..~==^**§#
###§%*^=~. .~=^*%§###
###§%*^=~. 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. .~=^*%§###
###§%*^=~. .~=^*%§###
§%%%*^^=~. 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. .....=**§§
###§%*^=~. .~=^*%§###
#§%^^~~... 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 - .~==^^**%§
###§%*^=~. .~=^*%§###
##§**^~... ^ ^ ^ ^ ...~^**§##
§%^^^~~... ...~~^^^%§
#§§§%*^=~. (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) .~=^*%§§§#
###§%*^=~. .~=^*%§###
###§%*^=~. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .~=^*%§###
§§**==.... ....==**§§
###§%*^=~. .~=^*%§###
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