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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. %%\~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~\%%# #%%\~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^~\%%## 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. #@##%%\~^¨
¨¨^~\%%##@ @##%%\~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~\%%## 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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