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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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