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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. ££§§§%=-~,
,~-=%§¤£## ##£¤§%=-~,
,~-=%§¤£## 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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,,,,,~-%§£ (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) £§%-~,,,,,
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