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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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.^=†%$@#@# †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† #@#@$%†=^.
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