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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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.^-;%§####                ;  ;  ;  ;                ####§%;-^.
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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 ####§%;-^.
.^-;%§####                  SAID -                  ####§%;-^.
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.....-%%## (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ##%%-.....
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