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,~»=£§@### //////////////////////////////////////// ###@§£=»~,
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,,,,,,~/=§ MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES §=/~,,,,,,
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,~»/=£@### / / / / ###@£=/»~,
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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. ##@§£=/»~,
,~»/=£§@## ##@§£=/»~,
,~»/=£§@## 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 - @§§§£=/»~,
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,~»/=£§@## / / / / ##@§£=/»~,
,~»/=£§@## ##@§£=/»~,
,~»/=£§@## (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ##@§£=/»~,
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