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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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