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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. @@%:~~~~,,
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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. @@@£%^:~,,
,,,,,,::^£ £^::,,,,,,
,,~:%£@@## 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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