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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.              ##§§^-~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~-^§§#                                          #§§^-~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~-^§§## 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. ####§§^-~¨
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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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