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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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