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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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