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,--†^&£@##          MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES          ##@£&^†--,
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,,,,--†&&@                †  †  †  †                @&&†--,,,,
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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.        #££^†--,,,
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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.             #£^^^^†--,
,--†^&£££@                                          @£££&^†--,
,--†^&£@## 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 £&^^--,,,,
,,,,,---^£                  SAID -                  £^---,,,,,
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,--†^&£@## (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ##@£&^†--,
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