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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. ##@&§*:«:¨
¨:«:*§@### ###@§*:«:¨
¨:«:*§&@@# 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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