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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. ##%=--,,,,
,-~=§%#### ####%§=~-,
,-~=§%#### 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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