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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 ##§§††,,..
.,=†§$¶### SHOES,  BUT SHE  HAD ACCEPTED  THEM ONLY ###¶$§†=,.
.,=†§$#### TO RUN  AWAY IMMEDIATELY  AFTERWARD. DAD ####$§†=,.
.,=†§$#¶## WAS   A  BIT  BUMMED  BUT   DROPPED   IT ##¶#$§†=,.
.,=†§$$#¶# QUICKLY.  I SAID  GOODNIGHT TO  HIM  AND #¶#$$§†=,.
.,=†§$#¶##       WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE.        ##¶#$§†=,.
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.,=†§$#¶¶# THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND  MAZELIKE. #¶¶#$§†=,.
.....,=†§# 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.             #§††,.....
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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 ##§=......
.,=†§$#¶## COOL,  SAYING SOMETHING  LIKE  "WHAT  DO ##¶#$§†=,.
.,=†§§§$## YOU THINK,  JUST  BECAUSE A GIRL  HAS  A ##$§§§†=,.
.,=†§$#¶## FREAKY  DAD, SHE  DOESN'T  HAVE  TASTE?" ##¶#$§†=,.
....,†$$## BUT  MOUSE  GIRL  JUST  LAUGHED  AT  ME. ##$$†,....
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.,=†§$#¶## SHE  THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED ME ##¶#$§†=,.
.,=†§$#¶## OUT   A   SIDE  ROUTE  TO  A  CLOSED-OFF ##¶#$§†=,.
.,=†§$#¶## ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL  OF JUNIPER ##¶#$§†=,.
.,=†§$#¶## AND THUJA. IT  WAS A  LATE  EVENING, AND ##¶#$§†=,.
..,=†††$#¶     THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING     ¶#$†††=,..
.,=†§$#¶## CLOSED, THE GARDEN  HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED ##¶#$§†=,.
.,=†§$#¶## OFF,  BUT WE  COULD  STILL SEE  OUR  WAY ##¶#$§†=,.
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.,=†§$#¶## THE   WINDOWS   OF  THE  HIGHER  FLOORS. ##¶#$§†=,.
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.,=†§$#¶## SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH  OF GRASS. I SAT ##¶#$§†=,.
.,=†§$$#¶# DOWN  ON  MY  KNEES,  AND  THEN  CRAWLED #¶#$$§†=,.
.,=†§$#¶## CLOSER.  SHE LAUGHED  AT ME  AGAIN,  AND ##¶#$§†=,.
.,=†§$#¶##                  SAID -                  ##¶#$§†=,.
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