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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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@#**«,,,,, (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ,,,,,«**#@
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