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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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,,,~-†=£§#                †  †  †  †                #§£=†-~,,,
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,~-†=£§### (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ###§£=†-~,
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,,,~-†=£§# †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† #§£=†-~,,,
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