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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. ##¶£§:«^..
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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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.^«:§£¶### 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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