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,.~^$#£### ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ###£#$^~.,
,,.~^$#£##                                          ##£#$^~.,,
,,,.~^$#£#          MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES          #£#$^~.,,,
,,,,.~^$#£                                          £#$^~.,,,,
,,,.~^$#£#                ^  ^  ^  ^                #£#$^~.,,,
,,.~^$#£##                                          ##£#$^~.,,
,.~^$#£### IN THIS DREAM I  WAS  A  GIRL  OF  MAYBE ###£#$^~.,
,,.~^$#£## SIXTEEN YEARS,  TOGETHER WITH MY  DAD IN ##£#$^~.,,
,,,.~^$#£# A  HUGE BATH  HOUSE  /  SPA  /  HOTEL  / #£#$^~.,,,
,,,,.~^$#£ SHOPPING CENTRE.      DAD  WAS CONSTATLY £#$^~.,,,,
,,,.~^$#£# POINTING  OUT HOT GIRLS TO  ME. "YOU SEE #£#$^~.,,,
,,.~^$#£##   THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING   ##£#$^~.,,
,.~^$#£### BEHIND  THE  CLOTHES  RACK?  OOF!"  HE'D ###£#$^~.,
,,.~^$#£## SAY.  HE WAS ALWAYS  VERY  CREEPY  ABOUT ##£#$^~.,,
,,,.~^$#£# THIS,    GOING   FOR   GIRLS   MY   AGE. #£#$^~.,,,
,,,,.~^$#£                                          £#$^~.,,,,
,,,.~^$#£# THIS  NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO  WOO  A #£#$^~.,,,
,,.~^$#£## GIRL  HE CALLED A "MOUSE"  BY BUYING HER ##£#$^~.,,
,.~^$#£### SHOES,  BUT SHE  HAD ACCEPTED  THEM ONLY ###£#$^~.,
,,.~^$#£## TO  RUN  AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ##£#$^~.,,
,,,.~^$#£# WAS   A  BIT   BUMMED  BUT  DROPPED   IT #£#$^~.,,,
,,,,.~^$#£ QUICKLY.  I SAID  GOODNIGHT TO  HIM  AND £#$^~.,,,,
,,,.~^$#£#       WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE.        #£#$^~.,,,
,,.~^$#£##                                          ##£#$^~.,,
,.~^$#£### THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND  MAZELIKE. ###£#$^~.,
,,.~^$#£## WALLS, FLOORS AND  PILLARS  WERE  SET IN ##£#$^~.,,
,,,.~^$#£# GREEN  MARBLE. THROUGHOUT  THE HOUSE RAN #£#$^~.,,,
,,,,.~^$#£ A  MAIN  BOULEVARD,  WIDE  AS A  STREET, £#$^~.,,,,
,,,.~^$#£# FRAMED WITH CLAY  VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN #£#$^~.,,,
,,.~^$#£## AND  TALLER THAN A PERSON.  IN EACH VASE ##£#$^~.,,
,.~^$#£### WAS  PLACED UPRIGHT  A  LEAF FROM A PALM ###£#$^~.,
,,.~^$#£## TREE  OR GIANT FERN.  THE BOULEVARD  WAS ##£#$^~.,,
,,,.~^$#£# DIMLY LIT, WHICH  ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT #£#$^~.,,,
,,,,.~^$#£   WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT   £#$^~.,,,,
,,,.~^$#£#    EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE   #£#$^~.,,,
,,.~^$#£##          PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE.         ##£#$^~.,,
,.~^$#£###                                          ###£#$^~.,
,,.~^$#£##                ^  ^  ^  ^                ##£#$^~.,,
,,,.~^$#£#                                          #£#$^~.,,,
,,,,.~^$#£ FOLLOWING THE BOULEVARD,  TWO  FLOORS UP £#$^~.,,,,
,,,.~^$#£# I  FOUND  HER  CRYING  BEHIND  TWO  FERN #£#$^~.,,,
,,.~^$#£## VASES.  SHE  WAS  BEAUTIFUL,  AND  AS  I ##£#$^~.,,
,.~^$#£### APPROACHED, SHE  LOOKED UP AND SNIVELED. ###£#$^~.,
,,.~^$#£## IN  THE  NEAREST  VASE  SHE  HAD STUFFED ##£#$^~.,,
,,,.~^$#£#              BOTH THE SHOES.             #£#$^~.,,,
,,,,.~^$#£                                          £#$^~.,,,,
,,,.~^$#£# I TOLD  HER TO  FOLLOW, BUT  SHE  DIDN'T #£#$^~.,,,
,,.~^$#£## MOVE  OR SPEAK.  SO  INSTEAD I  SAID  TO ##£#$^~.,,
,.~^$#£### STAY THERE, AND  RAN TO GET HER A BETTER ###£#$^~.,
,,.~^$#£## PAIR OF  SHOES  THAT SHE WOULD  ACTUALLY ##£#$^~.,,
,,,.~^$#£# LIKE.  WHEN  I  RETURNED,  HAVING  SPENT #£#$^~.,,,
,,,,.~^$#£ MORE  THAN  I COULD  REALLY  AFFORD, SHE £#$^~.,,,,
,,,.~^$#£# WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED.  I TRIED TO SOUND #£#$^~.,,,
,,.~^$#£## COOL, SAYING  SOMETHING  LIKE  "WHAT  DO ##£#$^~.,,
,.~^$#£### YOU  THINK, JUST  BECAUSE  A GIRL  HAS A ###£#$^~.,
,,.~^$#£## FREAKY DAD,  SHE  DOESN'T  HAVE  TASTE?" ##£#$^~.,,
,,,.~^$#£# BUT  MOUSE  GIRL  JUST  LAUGHED  AT  ME. #£#$^~.,,,
,,,,.~^$#£                                          £#$^~.,,,,
,,,.~^$#£# SHE  THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME #£#$^~.,,,
,,.~^$#£## OUT  A  SIDE  ROUTE   TO  A   CLOSED-OFF ##£#$^~.,,
,.~^$#£### ROOFTOP  WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ###£#$^~.,
,,.~^$#£## AND  THUJA.  IT WAS A LATE  EVENING, AND ##£#$^~.,,
,,,.~^$#£#     THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING     #£#$^~.,,,
,,,,.~^$#£ CLOSED, THE GARDEN  HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED £#$^~.,,,,
,,,.~^$#£# OFF,  BUT  WE  COULD  STILL SEE OUR  WAY #£#$^~.,,,
,,.~^$#£## AROUND  BY THE LIGHT  SHINING DOWN  FROM ##£#$^~.,,
,.~^$#£### THE   WINDOWS   OF  THE  HIGHER  FLOORS. ###£#$^~.,
,,.~^$#£##                                          ##£#$^~.,,
,,,.~^$#£# SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH  OF GRASS. I SAT #£#$^~.,,,
,,,,.~^$#£ DOWN  ON  MY  KNEES,  AND  THEN  CRAWLED £#$^~.,,,,
,,,.~^$#£# CLOSER.  SHE  LAUGHED AT  ME AGAIN,  AND #£#$^~.,,,
,,.~^$#£##                  SAID -                  ##£#$^~.,,
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,,.~^$#£##                ^  ^  ^  ^                ##£#$^~.,,
,,,.~^$#£#                                          #£#$^~.,,,
,,,,.~^$#£ (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) £#$^~.,,,,
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