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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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..-~=†$@£# SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE  HAND AND LED ME #£@$†=~-..
.-~=†$@£## OUT  A   SIDE   ROUTE  TO  A  CLOSED-OFF ##£@$†=~-.
..-~=†$@£# ROOFTOP  WALKING GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER #£@$†=~-..
.-~=†$@£## AND THUJA. IT WAS A  LATE  EVENING,  AND ##£@$†=~-.
..-~=†$@£#     THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING     #£@$†=~-..
.-~=†$@£## CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT  TURNED ##£@$†=~-.
..-~=†$@£# OFF, BUT  WE  COULD  STILL SEE  OUR  WAY #£@$†=~-..
.-~=†$@£## AROUND  BY  THE LIGHT SHINING DOWN  FROM ##£@$†=~-.
..-~=†$@£# THE  WINDOWS   OF  THE   HIGHER  FLOORS. #£@$†=~-..
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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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