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,.~\^&§¶## \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ##¶§&^\~.,
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,.~\^&§¶##          MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES          ##¶§&^\~.,
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,.~\^&§¶##                \  \  \  \                ##¶§&^\~.,
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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. ##¶§&^\~.,
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,.~\^&§¶## 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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