,^~†%§¤¶##                                          ##¶¤§%†~^,
,,^~†%§¤¶#                                          #¶¤§%†~^,,
,,,^~†%§¤¶                                          ¶¤§%†~^,,,
,,,,^~†%§¤                                          ¤§%†~^,,,,
,,,,,^~†%§                                          §%†~^,,,,,
,,,,,,^~†% †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† %†~^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^~†                                          †~^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^~          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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,,,,,,,^~†                                          †~^,,,,,,,
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