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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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