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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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¨,-:§¤#### : : : : ####¤§:-,¨
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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. ###¤§*:-,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,-**¤ 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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