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¨§§¨¨§§¨¨¨ Mouse girl Likes Shoes §§¨§§§§¨¨¨
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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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¨¨§§§¨§§¨§ 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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¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨§ (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ¨§§¨§¨§¨¨¨
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