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¨:-^*$§###          MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES          ###§$*^-:¨
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¨¨¨:-^*$§# IN THIS  DREAM  I WAS  A  GIRL OF  MAYBE #§$*^-:¨¨¨
¨¨:-^*$§## SIXTEEN YEARS,  TOGETHER  WITH MY DAD IN ##§$*^-:¨¨
¨:-^*$§### A  HUGE  BATH  HOUSE  /  SPA /  HOTEL  / ###§$*^-:¨
¨¨:-^*$§## SHOPPING CENTRE.       DAD WAS CONSTATLY ##§$*^-:¨¨
¨¨¨:-^*$§# POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME.  "YOU  SEE #§$*^-:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:-^*$§   THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING   §$*^-:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:-^*$§# BEHIND  THE  CLOTHES  RACK?  OOF!"  HE'D #§$*^-:¨¨¨
¨¨:-^*$§## SAY.  HE  WAS  ALWAYS VERY CREEPY  ABOUT ##§$*^-:¨¨
¨:-^*$§### THIS,   GOING   FOR   GIRLS    MY   AGE. ###§$*^-:¨
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¨¨¨:-^*$§# THIS NIGHT  HE HAD JUST TRIED  TO WOO  A #§$*^-:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:-^*$§ GIRL HE  CALLED A "MOUSE" BY BUYING  HER §$*^-:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:-^*$§# SHOES, BUT  SHE HAD  ACCEPTED  THEM ONLY #§$*^-:¨¨¨
¨¨:-^*$§## TO RUN AWAY  IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD.  DAD ##§$*^-:¨¨
¨:-^*$§### WAS   A   BIT  BUMMED   BUT  DROPPED  IT ###§$*^-:¨
¨¨:-^*$§## QUICKLY. I  SAID GOODNIGHT  TO  HIM  AND ##§$*^-:¨¨
¨¨¨:-^*$§#       WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE.        #§$*^-:¨¨¨
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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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¨¨:-^*$§##                ^  ^  ^  ^                ##§$*^-:¨¨
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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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¨¨:-^*$§## (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ##§$*^-:¨¨
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