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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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