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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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