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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.             ##@#%^=»~.
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.~»=^%#### 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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