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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. @@&^^^:,,,
,:»^§&@£## ##£@&§^»:,
,:»^§&@### 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. ££@&^^::,,
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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. ##£@&§^»:,
,:»^§&@@@# #@@@&§^»:,
,:»^§&@£## 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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