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