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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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..«/%§####                /  /  /  /                ####§%/«..
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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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..«/%§#### (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ####§%/«..
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