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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 ¨¨.=†§%@£#
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@%§†=.¨¨¨¨ 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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