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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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,^;^£§¶###                ;  ;  ;  ;                ###¶§£^;^,
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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. ##¶§£^;^,,
,^;^£§¶###                                          ###¶§£^;^,
,,^;^£§¶## 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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