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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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