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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. .^-^*§§@##
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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. .^-^*§§@##
§§§§*^^-^. .^-^^*§§§§
#§§§**^-^. 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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§§****^-^. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .^-^****§§
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