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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. @£§*†~.,,,
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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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