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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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...^-%¤¤£@                ;  ;  ;  ;                @£¤¤%-^...
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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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