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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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