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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. #£§%†=~,,,
,,,,~=†%§£                                          £§%†=~,,,,
,,,,,~=†%§ 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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