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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.             ##£¤§†*~,,
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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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,,~**†§§£#                *  *  *  *                #£§§†**~,,
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,,~*†§¤£## (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ##£¤§†*~,,
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