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¨¨¨¨¨---%@ 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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