.^-=$§@###                                          ###@§$=-^.
...^-=$$$@                                          @$$$=-^...
.^-=$$$@##                                          ##@$$$=-^.
...^^==§##                                          ##§==^^...
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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 #§==-^....
.^-=$§@### CLOSER. SHE LAUGHED  AT  ME  AGAIN,  AND ###@§$=-^.
......-$@#                  SAID -                  #@$-......
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.^-=$§@###                =  =  =  =                ###@§$=-^.
.^-=$§@###                                          ###@§$=-^.
.^-=$§§§§# (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) #§§§§$=-^.
.^-=$§@###                                          ###@§$=-^.
......-$@# ======================================== #@$-......
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