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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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§%†~^.....                †  †  †  †                .....^~†%§
#§%†~^....                                          ....^~†%§#
¶#§%†~^... (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ...^~†%§#¶
#¶#§%†~^..                                          ..^~†%§#¶#
##¶#§%†~^. †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† .^~†%§#¶##
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