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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. #@@^^;.,,,
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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. #@§^~,,,,,
,.~;^§@@## ##@@§^;~.,
,.~;^§@@## 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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