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,,,-:$$@£# :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: #£@$$:-,,,
,,-:$$@£## ##£@$$:-,,
,,,-:$$@£# MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES #£@$$:-,,,
,,,,-:$$@£ £@$$:-,,,,
,,,,,-:$$@ : : : : @$$:-,,,,,
,,,,,,-:$$ $$:-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-:$ IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE $:-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-:$$ SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN $$:-,,,,,,
,,,,,-:$$@ A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / @$$:-,,,,,
,,,,-:$$@£ SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY £@$$:-,,,,
,,,-:$$@£# POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE #£@$$:-,,,
,,-:$$@£## THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING ##£@$$:-,,
,,,-:$$@£# BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK? OOF!" HE'D #£@$$:-,,,
,,,,-:$$@£ SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT £@$$:-,,,,
,,,,,-:$$@ THIS, GOING FOR GIRLS MY AGE. @$$:-,,,,,
,,,,,,-:$$ $$:-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-:$ 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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,,,,,-:$$@ @$$:-,,,,,
,,,,-:$$@£ FOLLOWING THE BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS UP £@$$:-,,,,
,,,-:$$@£# I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN #£@$$:-,,,
,,-:$$@£## VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I ##£@$$:-,,
,,,-:$$@£# APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. #£@$$:-,,,
,,,,-:$$@£ IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED £@$$:-,,,,
,,,,,-:$$@ BOTH THE SHOES. @$$:-,,,,,
,,,,,,-:$$ $$:-,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-:$ 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. $:-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-:$$ $$:-,,,,,,
,,,,,-:$$@ SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT @$$:-,,,,,
,,,,-:$$@£ DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED £@$$:-,,,,
,,,-:$$@£# CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND #£@$$:-,,,
,,-:$$@£## SAID - ##£@$$:-,,
,,,-:$$@£# #£@$$:-,,,
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,,,,,,-:$$ (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) $$:-,,,,,,
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