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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  / @@£=~,,,,,
,,~†=$£@## Shopping centre.      Dad Was  Constatly ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@## Pointing  Out Hot Girls To Me. "You  See ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@##   That Black-Haired Thing Dissapearing   ##@£$=†~,,
,,,,,†=$£@ Behind  The  Clothes  Rack?  Oof!"  He'D @£$=†,,,,,
,,~†=$£@## Say.  He  Was  Always Very Creepy  About ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@## This,    Going   For   Girls   My   Age. ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$$£@#                                          #@£$$=†~,,
,,~†=$@### This Night  He Had Just Tried To  Woo  A ###@$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@## Girl He  Called A "Mouse" By Buying  Her ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$$$$£ Shoes, But  She Had  Accepted  Them Only £$$$$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@## To Run Away  Immediately Afterward.  Dad ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$££££ Was  A  Bit   Bummed   But  Dropped   It ££££$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@## Quickly.  I Said  Goodnight  To  Him And ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@##        Went Looking For The Mouse.       ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$@###                                          ###@$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@## The  Building Was Enormous And Mazelike. ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@## Walls,  Floors And  Pillars  Were Set In ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@## Green Marble. Throughout The  House  Ran ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@## A  Main  Boulevard, Wide  As  A  Street, ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@## Framed  With Clay Vases Dark As Obsidian ##@£$=†~,,
,,,,,†††$@ And  Taller Than A Person.  In Each Vase @$†††,,,,,
,,~†=$£@## Was Placed Upright A  Leaf  From A  Palm ##@£$=†~,,
,,,,,††=$@ Tree Or Giant  Fern.  The  Boulevard Was @$=††,,,,,
,,,,,†==$@ Dimly Lit, Which Allowed The  Pools That @$==†,,,,,
,,~†=$£@##   Were Generously Sprinkled Throughout   ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@##    Each Floor Would Reflect Suggestive   ##@£$=†~,,
,,,,,,†=£#          Patterns On The Marble.         #£=†,,,,,,
,,~†=$£@##                                          ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@@@                †  †  †  †                @@@£$=†~,,
,,,,,,~=££                                          ££=~,,,,,,
,,,~~††==£ Following  The Boulevard,  Two Floors Up £==††~~,,,
,,~†=$£@## I  Found  Her  Crying  Behind  Two  Fern ##@£$=†~,,
,,,,,,~=£@ Vases.  She  Was  Beautiful,  And  As  I @£=~,,,,,,
,,~=$£@### Approached, She Looked Up  And Sniveled. ###@£$=~,,
,,~†=$£@## In  The  Nearest Vase  She  Had  Stuffed ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$$£££             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 @@£$$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@## Cool, Saying  Something  Like  "What  Do ##@£$=†~,,
,,,,,~=£££ You  Think, Just Because  A  Girl Has  A £££=~,,,,,
,,~†=$£@## Freaky  Dad,  She  Doesn'T  Have Taste?" ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$££@@ But  Mouse  Girl  Just  Laughed  At  Me. @@££$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@##                                          ##@£$=†~,,
,,,,,†††=£ She  Then Took Me By The Hand And Led Me £=†††,,,,,
,,~†=$£@## Out   A  Side   Route  To  A  Closed-Off ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$££@@ Rooftop Walking Garden, Full Of  Juniper @@££$=†~,,
,,,,,~==$@ And  Thuja.  It Was A  Late Evening, And @$==~,,,,,
,,,,,†$££@     The Stars Were Glittering. Being     @££$†,,,,,
,,,~~~==£# Closed, The Garden  Had Its Light Turned #£==~~~,,,
,,~†=$@### Off, But  We Could  Still  See  Our  Way ###@$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@## Around By  The  Light Shining Down  From ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@## The   Windows  Of   The  Higher  Floors. ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$$££#                                          #££$$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@## She Lay Down In A  Patch Of Grass. I Sat ##@£$=†~,,
,,,,~~~†=£ Down  On  My  Knees,  And  Then  Crawled £=†~~~,,,,
,,~†=$£@## Closer. She  Laughed  At  Me  Again, And ##@£$=†~,,
,,~†=$£@##                  Said -                  ##@£$=†~,,
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,,,,†=$£££                †  †  †  †                £££$=†,,,,
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,,~†=$£@## (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ##@£$=†~,,
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