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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 ,^~*$$####
#$**~^^,,, DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ,,,^^~**$#
#####$*~^, CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND ,^~*$#####
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####$$*~^, (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ,^~*$$####
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