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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.        ##@¤£%/~:.
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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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.:~/%£¤¤¤@ 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 ##@¤£%/~:.
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