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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.       @@@#%§==^¨
¨^==§%##@#                                          #@##%§==^¨
¨^==§%#@## 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.              ###§==^^¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^==§#                                          #§==^¨¨¨¨¨
¨^==§%#@## 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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¨^==§%#@##                =  =  =  =                ##@#%§==^¨
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¨¨¨¨^=§§#@ (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) @#§§=^¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨^^=%#@ ======================================== @#%=^^¨¨¨¨
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