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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 ......^~;%
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.......... (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ..........
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