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,-~†§%@###                                          ###@%§†~-,
,-~†§%@###                                          ###@%§†~-,
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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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