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,,^»:%§£## :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ##£§%:»^,,
,^»:%§£###                                          ###£§%:»^,
,,^»:%§£##          MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES          ##£§%:»^,,
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,,^»:%§£##                :  :  :  :                ##£§%:»^,,
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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. ##£§%:»^,,
,^»:%§£###                                          ###£§%:»^,
,,^»:%§£## 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.          ###£§%:»^,
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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.              ##£§%:»^,,
,^»:%§£###                                          ###£§%:»^,
,,^»:%§£## 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 -                  ###£§%:»^,
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,^»:%§£###                :  :  :  :                ###£§%:»^,
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,^»:%§£### (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ###£§%:»^,
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