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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. &@§§=~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~=§@@#@ @#@@§=~¨¨¨
¨~«=§@&### 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. &§«~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨«=@# #@=«¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~«=§@&### = = = = ###&@§=«~¨
¨~«=§@&#@# #@#&@§=«~¨
¨~«=§@&#@# 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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