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##§@$/«:,, //////////////////////////////////////// ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:,                                          ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,,          MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES          ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:,                                          ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,,                /  /  /  /                ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:,                                          ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, IN  THIS DREAM  I WAS  A  GIRL OF  MAYBE ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, SIXTEEN YEARS,  TOGETHER WITH MY DAD  IN ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, A  HUGE  BATH  HOUSE  /  SPA  / HOTEL  / ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, SHOPPING CENTRE.       DAD WAS CONSTATLY ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, POINTING OUT  HOT  GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:,   THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING   ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, BEHIND  THE  CLOTHES  RACK?  OOF!"  HE'D ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, SAY. HE  WAS  ALWAYS  VERY  CREEPY ABOUT ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, THIS,   GOING   FOR   GIRLS   MY    AGE. ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:,                                          ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, THIS NIGHT HE  HAD JUST  TRIED  TO WOO A ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, GIRL HE CALLED A "MOUSE" BY  BUYING  HER ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, SHOES,  BUT SHE HAD ACCEPTED  THEM  ONLY ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, TO RUN  AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD.  DAD ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, WAS  A   BIT  BUMMED   BUT   DROPPED  IT ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, QUICKLY.  I  SAID GOODNIGHT  TO  HIM AND ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,,        WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE.       ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:,                                          ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND  MAZELIKE. ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, WALLS,  FLOORS  AND PILLARS WERE SET  IN ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, GREEN  MARBLE. THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE  RAN ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, A  MAIN  BOULEVARD,  WIDE  AS  A STREET, ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS  OBSIDIAN ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, AND TALLER THAN A PERSON.  IN  EACH VASE ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, WAS  PLACED UPRIGHT  A  LEAF FROM A PALM ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, TREE  OR GIANT  FERN.  THE BOULEVARD WAS ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, DIMLY LIT,  WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:,   WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT   ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,,    EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE   ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:,          PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE.         ,:«/$@§###
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###§@$/«:,                /  /  /  /                ,:«/$@§###
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###§@$/«:, FOLLOWING THE  BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS  UP ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, I  FOUND  HER  CRYING  BEHIND  TWO  FERN ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, VASES.  SHE  WAS  BEAUTIFUL,  AND  AS  I ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP  AND SNIVELED. ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, IN  THE NEAREST  VASE  SHE  HAD  STUFFED ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,,              BOTH THE SHOES.             ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:,                                          ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, I TOLD  HER  TO  FOLLOW,  BUT SHE DIDN'T ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, MOVE  OR SPEAK.  SO  INSTEAD I  SAID  TO ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, STAY THERE, AND RAN  TO GET HER A BETTER ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, PAIR OF  SHOES THAT  SHE  WOULD ACTUALLY ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, LIKE.  WHEN  I  RETURNED,  HAVING  SPENT ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, MORE  THAN  I COULD REALLY  AFFORD,  SHE ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, WAS  VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, COOL,  SAYING SOMETHING  LIKE  "WHAT  DO ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, YOU  THINK, JUST  BECAUSE  A GIRL  HAS A ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, FREAKY DAD,  SHE  DOESN'T  HAVE  TASTE?" ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, BUT  MOUSE  GIRL  JUST  LAUGHED  AT  ME. ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:,                                          ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND  AND LED ME ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, OUT  A  SIDE  ROUTE  TO   A   CLOSED-OFF ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, ROOFTOP  WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, AND THUJA. IT WAS A  LATE  EVENING,  AND ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,,     THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING     ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, CLOSED, THE  GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, OFF, BUT  WE  COULD  STILL SEE  OUR  WAY ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, AROUND BY  THE LIGHT SHINING  DOWN  FROM ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, THE   WINDOWS  OF  THE   HIGHER  FLOORS. ,,:«/$@§##
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##§@$/«:,, SHE LAY DOWN IN  A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:, DOWN  ON  MY  KNEES,  AND  THEN  CRAWLED ,:«/$@§###
##§@$/«:,, CLOSER. SHE  LAUGHED AT  ME  AGAIN,  AND ,,:«/$@§##
###§@$/«:,                  SAID -                  ,:«/$@§###
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###§@$/«:,                /  /  /  /                ,:«/$@§###
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###§@$/«:, (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ,:«/$@§###
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###§@$/«:, //////////////////////////////////////// ,:«/$@§###
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