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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.         #@#&£*†~-,
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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. @##&£*†~-,
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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 @&£***†~-,
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,,,,~~*&## (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ##&*~~,,,,
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