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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. ###£#%;=~.
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...~=;%#£# 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.              ###£#%;=~.
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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. ###£#%;=~.
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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 #£#%;=~...
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