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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.          ###@**:»^,
,^»:**§@##                                          ##@§**:»^,
,,,,,,^:*@                :  :  :  :                @*:^,,,,,,
,,,,^»::*§                                          §*::»^,,,,
,^:**§@### 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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