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,,«:**§£##          MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES          ##£§**:«,,
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,,,,«:**§£                :  :  :  :                £§**:«,,,,
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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. ##£§**:«,,
,,,«:**§£#                                          #£§**:«,,,
,,,,«:**§£ 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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