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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. #@@§£†^-,.
.,--^^££§@                                          @§££^^--,.
.,-^†£§@@@ 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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.,-^†£§@## 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 #@@§£†^-,.
....,^^£@@                  SAID -                  @@£^^,....
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.,-^†£§@@# (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) #@@§£†^-,.
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