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¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES ¨#¨##¨#¨¨#
¨##¨#¨#¨#¨ ¨#¨¨#¨#¨##
¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ : : : : ¨#¨##¨#¨¨#
¨##¨#¨#¨#¨ ¨#¨¨#¨#¨##
¨¨#¨#¨#¨#¨ 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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