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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. #@@@§^;~.,
,.~;^§§§@#                                          #@§§§^;~.,
,.~;^§@@@# 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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,.~;^^^@@@                ;  ;  ;  ;                @@@^^^;~.,
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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.             #@§^~,,,,,
,.~;^§@@##                                          ##@@§^;~.,
,.~;^§@@## 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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,.~;^§@@##                ;  ;  ;  ;                ##@@§^;~.,
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,,,,~^^@@@ (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) @@@^^~,,,,
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