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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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