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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. #@§%%=....
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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.       £@@§%=~...
....~//%%@                                          @%%//~....
.....=/§££ 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. @@%=~.....
.~=/%§@£##                                          ##£@§%/=~.
.~=/%§@££# 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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....~~/§@#                /  /  /  /                #@§/~~....
....=/%@@@                                          @@@%/=....
.~=/%§@£## (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ##£@§%/=~.
.~=/%§@££#                                          #££@§%/=~.
..~==/§@£# //////////////////////////////////////// #£@§/==~..
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