,.»=$%#@##                                          ##@#%$=».,
,.»=$%####                                          ####%$=».,
,.»=%#@###                                          ###@#%=».,
,,,,.»$$%#                                          #%$$».,,,,
,.»=$%#@##                                          ##@#%$=».,
,...»==$$# ======================================== #$$==»...,
,.»=$%#@##                                          ##@#%$=».,
,.»=$%#@##          MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES          ##@#%$=».,
,.»=$%#@##                                          ##@#%$=».,
,,,»»$$###                =  =  =  =                ###$$»»,,,
,.»=$%%%@@                                          @@%%%$=».,
,....»=%## 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 ###%==.,,,
,.»=$%#@## TO RUN AWAY  IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD.  DAD ##@#%$=».,
,.»=$$%#@@ WAS  A   BIT  BUMMED   BUT   DROPPED  IT @@#%$$=».,
,.»=$%#@## QUICKLY.  I  SAID  GOODNIGHT TO HIM  AND ##@#%$=».,
,,,»»»$#@#       WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE.        #@#$»»»,,,
,.»=$$$$##                                          ##$$$$=».,
,.»=$%#@## THE BUILDING WAS  ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. ##@#%$=».,
,.»=$%##@# WALLS, FLOORS  AND  PILLARS  WERE SET IN #@##%$=».,
,.»=$%#@## GREEN  MARBLE.  THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN ##@#%$=».,
,.»=$%#@## A  MAIN  BOULEVARD, WIDE  AS  A  STREET, ##@#%$=».,
,,,..===%# FRAMED WITH CLAY  VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN #%===..,,,
,.»=$%#@## AND TALLER THAN  A PERSON. IN  EACH VASE ##@#%$=».,
,.»=$%#@## WAS PLACED  UPRIGHT A LEAF  FROM A  PALM ##@#%$=».,
,,,,,.==$# TREE OR  GIANT FERN.  THE  BOULEVARD WAS #$==.,,,,,
,.»=$%#@@# DIMLY  LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT #@@#%$=».,
,.»=$%#@##   WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT   ##@#%$=».,
,..»==%%##   EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE    ##%%==»..,
,,,..=$#@@         PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE.          @@#$=..,,,
,.»=$%#@##                                          ##@#%$=».,
,.»»»$$%%@                =  =  =  =                @%%$$»»».,
,.»=$%#@##                                          ##@#%$=».,
,.»=$#@### FOLLOWING  THE  BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS UP ###@#$=».,
,.»=$%#@## I  FOUND  HER  CRYING  BEHIND  TWO  FERN ##@#%$=».,
,,,,»=%### VASES.  SHE  WAS  BEAUTIFUL,  AND  AS  I ###%=»,,,,
,,,,»»»$$# 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 ##%$$».,,,
,.»=$%#@## ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF  JUNIPER ##@#%$=».,
,.»=$%#@## AND  THUJA. IT  WAS A  LATE EVENING, AND ##@#%$=».,
,,,.»»=%%#     THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING     #%%=»».,,,
,,,,.»»=$# CLOSED,  THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED #$=»».,,,,
,.»=$%#@## OFF,  BUT WE  COULD  STILL SEE  OUR  WAY ##@#%$=».,
,.»=$%#@## AROUND  BY THE  LIGHT SHINING DOWN  FROM ##@#%$=».,
,.»===$##@ THE  WINDOWS  OF   THE   HIGHER  FLOORS. @##$===».,
,,,,,,.=$#                                          #$=.,,,,,,
,.»=$%#@## SHE  LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ##@#%$=».,
,.»=$%#@## DOWN  ON  MY  KNEES,  AND  THEN  CRAWLED ##@#%$=».,
,.»=$%#@## CLOSER.  SHE LAUGHED  AT ME  AGAIN,  AND ##@#%$=».,
,.»=$%#@##                  SAID -                  ##@#%$=».,
,.»=$%#@##                                          ##@#%$=».,
,,,,.=$%@@                =  =  =  =                @@%$=.,,,,
,.»=$%#@##                                          ##@#%$=».,
,.»=$%%### (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ###%%$=».,
,.»=$%#@##                                          ##@#%$=».,
,,..==$%## ======================================== ##%$==..,,
,.»=$%#@##                                          ##@#%$=».,
,.»=$%@###                                          ###@%$=».,
,.»=$%#@@#                                          #@@#%$=».,
,,,,,»»$$#                                          #$$»»,,,,,
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