,~=\%$#£## ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# #£#$%\=~,,
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,~=\%$#£## ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# \ \ \ \ #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK? OOF!" HE'D #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# THIS, GOING FOR GIRLS MY AGE. #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# SHOES, BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED THEM ONLY #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## TO RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# WAS A BIT BUMMED BUT DROPPED IT #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ QUICKLY. I SAID GOODNIGHT TO HIM AND £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE. #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ WALLS, FLOORS AND PILLARS WERE SET IN £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# GREEN MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## A MAIN BOULEVARD, WIDE AS A STREET, ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ AND TALLER THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# WAS PLACED UPRIGHT A LEAF FROM A PALM #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## TREE OR GIANT FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE. ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ \ \ \ \ £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## FOLLOWING THE BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS UP ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# I FOUND HER CRYING BEHIND TWO FERN #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ VASES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, AND AS I £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## IN THE NEAREST VASE SHE HAD STUFFED ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# BOTH THE SHOES. #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# I TOLD HER TO FOLLOW, BUT SHE DIDN'T #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## MOVE OR SPEAK. SO INSTEAD I SAID TO ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ PAIR OF SHOES THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## OUT A SIDE ROUTE TO A CLOSED-OFF ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ AND THUJA. IT WAS A LATE EVENING, AND £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# OFF, BUT WE COULD STILL SEE OUR WAY #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ AROUND BY THE LIGHT SHINING DOWN FROM £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# THE WINDOWS OF THE HIGHER FLOORS. #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## SAID - ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# #£#$%\=~,,
,,,~=\%$#£ \ \ \ \ £#$%\=~,,,
,,~=\%$#£# #£#$%\=~,,
,~=\%$#£## (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ##£#$%\=~,
,,~=\%$#£# #£#$%\=~,,
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,~=\%$#£## ##£#$%\=~,
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