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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 #¤¤§~~~,,,
,~~^§$¤@@# LIKE. WHEN I RETURNED, HAVING SPENT #@@¤$§^~~,
,~~^§$¤@## MORE THAN I COULD REALLY AFFORD, SHE ##@¤$§^~~,
,,~~~§§$@# WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND #@$§§~~~,,
,~~^§$¤@## COOL, SAYING SOMETHING LIKE "WHAT DO ##@¤$§^~~,
,,,,~^§$$@ YOU THINK, JUST BECAUSE A GIRL HAS A @$$§^~,,,,
,~~^§$¤@## FREAKY DAD, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TASTE?" ##@¤$§^~~,
,~~^§$¤@## BUT MOUSE GIRL JUST LAUGHED AT ME. ##@¤$§^~~,
,,,~^^§§§¤ ¤§§§^^~,,,
,,,,~^§¤@@ 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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