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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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@§§--,.... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ....,--§§@
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