,,-«=†§¤##                                          ##¤§†=«-,,
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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.          ##¤§†=«-,,
,,,-«=†§¤#                                          #¤§†=«-,,,
,,,,-«=†§¤                =  =  =  =                ¤§†=«-,,,,
,,,,,-«=†§                                          §†=«-,,,,,
,,,,-«=†§¤ 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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