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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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###£@$=«., Following The Boulevard,  Two  Floors Up ,.«=$@£###
##£@$=«.,, I  Found  Her  Crying  Behind  Two  Fern ,,.«=$@£##
###£@$=«., Vases.  She  Was  Beautiful,  And  As  I ,.«=$@£###
##£@$=«.,, Approached, She Looked Up  And Sniveled. ,,.«=$@£##
###£@$=«., In  The  Nearest Vase  She  Had  Stuffed ,.«=$@£###
##£@$=«.,,              Both The Shoes.             ,,.«=$@£##
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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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##£@$=«.,, She Lay Down In A  Patch Of Grass. I Sat ,,.«=$@£##
###£@$=«., Down  On  My  Knees,  And  Then  Crawled ,.«=$@£###
##£@$=«.,, Closer.  She Laughed At  Me  Again,  And ,,.«=$@£##
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###£@$=«., (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ,.«=$@£###
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