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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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,^~:=%#£##                :  :  :  :                ##£#%=:~^,
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,^~:=%#£## (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ##£#%=:~^,
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,^~:=%#£## :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ##£#%=:~^,
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