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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. ¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¨¨¤
¤¨¨¤¤¤¨¤¨¤ ¤¤¤¤¨¤¤¤¨¤
¨¤¨¤¨¨¤¤¤¤ 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. ¨¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¨¤
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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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