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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   $†-:,,,,,,
,,,,,:-†$$         PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE.          $$†-:,,,,,
,,,,:-†$$§                                          §$$†-:,,,,
,,,:-†$$§#                †  †  †  †                #§$$†-:,,,
,,:-†$$§##                                          ##§$$†-:,,
,:-†$$§### FOLLOWING  THE BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS  UP ###§$$†-:,
:-†$$§#### I  FOUND  HER  CRYING  BEHIND  TWO  FERN ####§$$†-:
,:-†$$§### VASES.  SHE  WAS  BEAUTIFUL,  AND  AS  I ###§$$†-:,
,,:-†$$§## APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED  UP AND SNIVELED. ##§$$†-:,,
,,,:-†$$§# IN  THE NEAREST  VASE  SHE  HAD  STUFFED #§$$†-:,,,
,,,,:-†$$§              BOTH THE SHOES.             §$$†-:,,,,
,,,,,:-†$$                                          $$†-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-†$ 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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,,,,,:-†$$                †  †  †  †                $$†-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-†$                                          $†-:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-† (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) †-:,,,,,,,
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,,,,,:-†$$ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† $$†-:,,,,,
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