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..-«=%$§@# ======================================== #@§$%=«-..
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..-«=%$§@#          MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES          #@§$%=«-..
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..-«=%$§@#                =  =  =  =                #@§$%=«-..
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..-«=%$§@# IN  THIS DREAM  I  WAS  A GIRL OF  MAYBE #@§$%=«-..
.-«=%$§@## SIXTEEN YEARS,  TOGETHER WITH MY  DAD IN ##@§$%=«-.
..-«=%$§@# A  HUGE BATH  HOUSE  /  SPA  /  HOTEL  / #@§$%=«-..
.-«=%$§@## SHOPPING CENTRE.       DAD WAS CONSTATLY ##@§$%=«-.
..-«=%$§@# POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS  TO ME.  "YOU SEE #@§$%=«-..
.-«=%$§@##   THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING   ##@§$%=«-.
..-«=%$§@# BEHIND  THE  CLOTHES  RACK?  OOF!"  HE'D #@§$%=«-..
.-«=%$§@## SAY.  HE WAS  ALWAYS  VERY  CREEPY ABOUT ##@§$%=«-.
..-«=%$§@# THIS,   GOING   FOR   GIRLS    MY   AGE. #@§$%=«-..
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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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.-«=%$§@##                =  =  =  =                ##@§$%=«-.
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.-«=%$§@## (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ##@§$%=«-.
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.-«=%$§@## ======================================== ##@§$%=«-.
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