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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. ¨¨...««**&
@@#&¤*=«.¨ ¨.«=*¤@@
@#&&¤*=«.¨ 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. ¨.««=***&@
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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. ¨¨¨¨...=¤&
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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 ¨.«=*¤¤&&@
&&***==«.¨ Said - ¨.«==***&&
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#@#&¤*=«.¨ = = = = ¨.«=*¤@#
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&¤*«..¨¨¨¨ (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ¨¨¨¨..«*¤&
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