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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 @@@§~,,,,,
,,,~~§$$$£ I  FOUND  HER  CRYING  BEHIND  TWO  FERN £$$$§~~,,,
,,,,~~§$@£ VASES.  SHE  WAS  BEAUTIFUL,  AND  AS  I £@$§~~,,,,
,,~/§$@£## APPROACHED, SHE  LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ##£@$§/~,,
,,,,,~~/$£ IN  THE  NEAREST  VASE SHE  HAD  STUFFED £$/~~,,,,,
,,~//§§$$£             BOTH THE SHOES.              £$$§§//~,,
,,~/§$@£##                                          ##£@$§/~,,
,,~/§$@£## I TOLD  HER TO  FOLLOW,  BUT SHE  DIDN'T ##£@$§/~,,
,,,,,,/$@# MOVE  OR  SPEAK. SO  INSTEAD  I SAID  TO #@$/,,,,,,
,,~/§$@### STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET HER A  BETTER ###@$§/~,,
,,~/§$@£££ PAIR  OF SHOES  THAT SHE WOULD  ACTUALLY £££@$§/~,,
,,,,,,/§@£ 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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