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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 ##@£%$\-:,
,:-\$%£@@@ PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE. @@@£%$\-:,
,:-\$%£@## ##@£%$\-:,
,,,-\$%%@# \ \ \ \ #@%%$\-,,,
,:-\$%£@## ##@£%$\-:,
,:-\$%£@@@ FOLLOWING THE BOULEVARD, TWO FLOORS UP @@@£%$\-:,
,:-\$%@### 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. ##@£%$\-:,
,,,,,,:\%£ £%\:,,,,,,
,,,,,,-\%£ SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I SAT £%\-,,,,,,
,:-\$%£@## DOWN ON MY KNEES, AND THEN CRAWLED ##@£%$\-:,
,,::\$%%%@ CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED AT ME AGAIN, AND @%%%$\::,,
,,,,:--$£@ SAID - @£$--:,,,,
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,:-\%£@### (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ###@£%\-:,
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