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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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