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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ \ \ \ \ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨:-\†#£#
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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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