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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. .~«†=*#¶##
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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. .~«†=*#¶@#
#@¶#*=†«~. .~«†=*#¶@#
¶*†««««... 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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