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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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