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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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,^=*§$£### I  FOUND  HER  CRYING  BEHIND  TWO  FERN ###£$§*=^,
,^=*§£#### 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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