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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.       ###§@†:«,,
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,,«:†@§### 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.              ###§@†:«,,
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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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