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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨^«;% ; ; ; ; %;«^¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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