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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 @£$$====~,
,,,,,~~=*£ DIMLY  LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT £*=~~,,,,,
,~==*$£###   WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT   ###£$*==~,
,~==*$£#@@   EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE    @@#£$*==~,
,~==*$£###         PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE.          ###£$*==~,
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,~==*$£#@#                =  =  =  =                #@#£$*==~,
,~====*££#                                          #££*====~,
,~==*$£#@# FOLLOWING THE  BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS  UP #@#£$*==~,
,~==*£#@## I  FOUND  HER  CRYING  BEHIND  TWO  FERN ##@#£*==~,
,,,,~==*£# VASES.  SHE  WAS  BEAUTIFUL,  AND  AS  I #£*==~,,,,
,~===***$# APPROACHED,  SHE LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. #$***===~,
,~==*$$$$# IN  THE  NEAREST  VASE SHE  HAD  STUFFED #$$$$*==~,
,~=====*£#             BOTH THE SHOES.              #£*=====~,
,~==*$£#@#                                          #@#£$*==~,
,~===**$££ I TOLD  HER  TO  FOLLOW, BUT SHE  DIDN'T ££$**===~,
,,,,,,=*£@ MOVE OR  SPEAK.  SO  INSTEAD  I  SAID TO @£*=,,,,,,
,~==*£#@## STAY  THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ##@#£*==~,
,~~~~==$£# PAIR  OF  SHOES THAT  SHE WOULD ACTUALLY #£$==~~~~,
,,,,,~=*££ LIKE.  WHEN  I  RETURNED,  HAVING  SPENT ££*=~,,,,,
,~==*$£#@# MORE  THAN  I  COULD  REALLY AFFORD, SHE #@#£$*==~,
,~==*$£#@# WAS  VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND #@#£$*==~,
,,,,,~=**£ COOL, SAYING  SOMETHING  LIKE  "WHAT  DO £**=~,,,,,
,,,,====$£ YOU  THINK,  JUST BECAUSE  A GIRL  HAS A £$====,,,,
,,~~~=*$#@ FREAKY  DAD,  SHE DOESN'T  HAVE  TASTE?" @#$*=~~~,,
,,,,,,==$# BUT  MOUSE  GIRL  JUST  LAUGHED  AT  ME. #$==,,,,,,
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,~==*$$£## 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 ##£***==~,
,~==*$£#@# THE  WINDOWS  OF  THE   HIGHER   FLOORS. #@#£$*==~,
,~==*$£#@@                                          @@#£$*==~,
,,,,~~==*£ 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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