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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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