,.«*$$#@##                                          ##@#$$*«.,
,,.«*$$#@#                                          #@#$$*«.,,
,,,.«*$$#@                                          @#$$*«.,,,
,,,,.«*$$#                                          #$$*«.,,,,
,,,.«*$$#@                                          @#$$*«.,,,
,,.«*$$#@# **************************************** #@#$$*«.,,
,.«*$$#@##                                          ##@#$$*«.,
,,.«*$$#@#          MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES          #@#$$*«.,,
,,,.«*$$#@                                          @#$$*«.,,,
,,,,.«*$$#                *  *  *  *                #$$*«.,,,,
,,,.«*$$#@                                          @#$$*«.,,,
,,.«*$$#@# IN THIS  DREAM  I  WAS A  GIRL  OF MAYBE #@#$$*«.,,
,.«*$$#@## SIXTEEN  YEARS,  TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN ##@#$$*«.,
,,.«*$$#@# A  HUGE  BATH  HOUSE /  SPA  /  HOTEL  / #@#$$*«.,,
,,,.«*$$#@ SHOPPING CENTRE.       DAD WAS CONSTATLY @#$$*«.,,,
,,,,.«*$$# POINTING OUT HOT  GIRLS TO ME. "YOU  SEE #$$*«.,,,,
,,,.«*$$#@   THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING   @#$$*«.,,,
,,.«*$$#@# BEHIND  THE  CLOTHES  RACK?  OOF!"  HE'D #@#$$*«.,,
,.«*$$#@## SAY.  HE WAS  ALWAYS  VERY  CREEPY ABOUT ##@#$$*«.,
,,.«*$$#@# THIS,    GOING   FOR   GIRLS   MY   AGE. #@#$$*«.,,
,,,.«*$$#@                                          @#$$*«.,,,
,,,,.«*$$# THIS NIGHT HE  HAD JUST TRIED  TO WOO  A #$$*«.,,,,
,,,.«*$$#@ GIRL HE  CALLED  A "MOUSE" BY BUYING HER @#$$*«.,,,
,,.«*$$#@# SHOES,  BUT SHE  HAD  ACCEPTED THEM ONLY #@#$$*«.,,
,.«*$$#@## TO  RUN AWAY IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD.  DAD ##@#$$*«.,
,,.«*$$#@# WAS  A   BIT   BUMMED  BUT   DROPPED  IT #@#$$*«.,,
,,,.«*$$#@ QUICKLY. I  SAID  GOODNIGHT TO  HIM  AND @#$$*«.,,,
,,,,.«*$$#        WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE.       #$$*«.,,,,
,,,.«*$$#@                                          @#$$*«.,,,
,,.«*$$#@# THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS  AND MAZELIKE. #@#$$*«.,,
,.«*$$#@## WALLS, FLOORS  AND  PILLARS  WERE SET IN ##@#$$*«.,
,,.«*$$#@# GREEN  MARBLE. THROUGHOUT  THE HOUSE RAN #@#$$*«.,,
,,,.«*$$#@ A  MAIN BOULEVARD,  WIDE  AS  A  STREET, @#$$*«.,,,
,,,,.«*$$# FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES  DARK AS OBSIDIAN #$$*«.,,,,
,,,.«*$$#@ AND TALLER  THAN A PERSON.  IN EACH VASE @#$$*«.,,,
,,.«*$$#@# WAS PLACED  UPRIGHT A  LEAF  FROM A PALM #@#$$*«.,,
,.«*$$#@## TREE OR  GIANT FERN. THE  BOULEVARD  WAS ##@#$$*«.,
,,.«*$$#@# DIMLY LIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS  THAT #@#$$*«.,,
,,,.«*$$#@   WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT   @#$$*«.,,,
,,,,.«*$$#   EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE    #$$*«.,,,,
,,,.«*$$#@         PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE.          @#$$*«.,,,
,,.«*$$#@#                                          #@#$$*«.,,
,.«*$$#@##                *  *  *  *                ##@#$$*«.,
,,.«*$$#@#                                          #@#$$*«.,,
,,,.«*$$#@ FOLLOWING  THE BOULEVARD,  TWO FLOORS UP @#$$*«.,,,
,,,,.«*$$# I  FOUND  HER  CRYING  BEHIND  TWO  FERN #$$*«.,,,,
,,,.«*$$#@ VASES.  SHE  WAS  BEAUTIFUL,  AND  AS  I @#$$*«.,,,
,,.«*$$#@# APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED  UP AND SNIVELED. #@#$$*«.,,
,.«*$$#@## IN  THE  NEAREST  VASE  SHE HAD  STUFFED ##@#$$*«.,
,,.«*$$#@#              BOTH THE SHOES.             #@#$$*«.,,
,,,.«*$$#@                                          @#$$*«.,,,
,,,,.«*$$# I  TOLD HER  TO  FOLLOW,  BUT SHE DIDN'T #$$*«.,,,,
,,,.«*$$#@ MOVE  OR  SPEAK. SO  INSTEAD  I SAID  TO @#$$*«.,,,
,,.«*$$#@# STAY THERE, AND  RAN TO GET HER A BETTER #@#$$*«.,,
,.«*$$#@## PAIR OF  SHOES  THAT SHE WOULD  ACTUALLY ##@#$$*«.,
,,.«*$$#@# LIKE.  WHEN  I  RETURNED,  HAVING  SPENT #@#$$*«.,,
,,,.«*$$#@ MORE  THAN  I COULD  REALLY AFFORD,  SHE @#$$*«.,,,
,,,,.«*$$# WAS VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED  TO SOUND #$$*«.,,,,
,,,.«*$$#@ COOL,  SAYING  SOMETHING LIKE  "WHAT  DO @#$$*«.,,,
,,.«*$$#@# YOU  THINK, JUST BECAUSE  A GIRL  HAS  A #@#$$*«.,,
,.«*$$#@## FREAKY DAD,  SHE  DOESN'T  HAVE  TASTE?" ##@#$$*«.,
,,.«*$$#@# BUT  MOUSE  GIRL  JUST  LAUGHED  AT  ME. #@#$$*«.,,
,,,.«*$$#@                                          @#$$*«.,,,
,,,,.«*$$# SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND AND LED  ME #$$*«.,,,,
,,,.«*$$#@ OUT  A  SIDE  ROUTE   TO  A   CLOSED-OFF @#$$*«.,,,
,,.«*$$#@# ROOFTOP WALKING  GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER #@#$$*«.,,
,.«*$$#@## AND  THUJA. IT WAS A  LATE  EVENING, AND ##@#$$*«.,
,,.«*$$#@#     THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING     #@#$$*«.,,
,,,.«*$$#@ CLOSED, THE  GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT TURNED @#$$*«.,,,
,,,,.«*$$# OFF,  BUT  WE  COULD  STILL  SEE OUR WAY #$$*«.,,,,
,,,.«*$$#@ AROUND BY THE  LIGHT  SHINING  DOWN FROM @#$$*«.,,,
,,.«*$$#@# THE  WINDOWS  OF   THE   HIGHER  FLOORS. #@#$$*«.,,
,.«*$$#@##                                          ##@#$$*«.,
,,.«*$$#@# SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS. I  SAT #@#$$*«.,,
,,,.«*$$#@ DOWN  ON  MY  KNEES,  AND  THEN  CRAWLED @#$$*«.,,,
,,,,.«*$$# CLOSER.  SHE  LAUGHED AT  ME AGAIN,  AND #$$*«.,,,,
,,,.«*$$#@                  SAID -                  @#$$*«.,,,
,,.«*$$#@#                                          #@#$$*«.,,
,.«*$$#@##                *  *  *  *                ##@#$$*«.,
,,.«*$$#@#                                          #@#$$*«.,,
,,,.«*$$#@ (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) @#$$*«.,,,
,,,,.«*$$#                                          #$$*«.,,,,
,,,.«*$$#@ **************************************** @#$$*«.,,,
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