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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. #@¤$%=«~..
...~«=%$¤@                                          @¤$%=«~...
....~«=%$¤ 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.         $%=«~.....
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.......~«=                =  =  =  =                =«~.......
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.........~ Following The  Boulevard, Two  Floors Up ~.........
.......... I  Found  Her  Crying  Behind  Two  Fern ..........
.........~ Vases.  She  Was  Beautiful,  And  As  I ~.........
........~« Approached, She Looked  Up And Sniveled. «~........
.......~«= In  The  Nearest Vase  She  Had  Stuffed =«~.......
......~«=%              Both The Shoes.             %=«~......
.....~«=%$                                          $%=«~.....
....~«=%$¤ 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. #@¤$%=«~..
.~«=%$¤@##                                          ##@¤$%=«~.
..~«=%$¤@# 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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