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...~=§$§¶@          Mouse girl Likes Shoes          @¶§$§=~...
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...~=§$§¶@                =  =  =  =                @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@#                                          #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ In This Dream  I  Was  A  Girl Of  Maybe @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Sixteen  Years, Together With My  Dad In #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ A  Huge  Bath  House  / Spa  /  Hotel  / @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Shopping centre.     Dad  Was  Constatly #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ Pointing  Out Hot Girls To  Me. "You See @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@#   That Black-Haired Thing Dissapearing   #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ Behind  The  Clothes  Rack?  Oof!"  He'D @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Say.  He  Was  Always Very Creepy  About #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ This,   Going   For   Girls    My   Age. @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@#                                          #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ This Night He  Had Just Tried  To Woo  A @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Girl  He Called A  "Mouse" By Buying Her #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ Shoes,  But  She  Had Accepted Them Only @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# To  Run Away Immediately Afterward.  Dad #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ Was  A  Bit   Bummed   But  Dropped   It @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Quickly.  I  Said Goodnight To  Him  And #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@       Went Looking For The Mouse.        @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@#                                          #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ The  Building Was Enormous And Mazelike. @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Walls, Floors  And Pillars Were  Set  In #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ Green Marble.  Throughout The House  Ran @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# A  Main Boulevard,  Wide  As  A  Street, #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ Framed With Clay  Vases Dark As Obsidian @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# And Taller Than A Person. In  Each  Vase #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ Was  Placed Upright A Leaf  From A  Palm @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Tree Or Giant  Fern.  The Boulevard  Was #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ Dimly  Lit, Which Allowed The Pools That @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@#   Were Generously Sprinkled Throughout   #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@   Each Floor Would Reflect Suggestive    @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@#          Patterns On The Marble.         #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@                                          @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@#                =  =  =  =                #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@                                          @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Following  The Boulevard, Two  Floors Up #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ I  Found  Her  Crying  Behind  Two  Fern @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Vases.  She  Was  Beautiful,  And  As  I #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ Approached, She  Looked Up And Sniveled. @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# In  The  Nearest  Vase She  Had  Stuffed #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@              Both The Shoes.             @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@#                                          #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ I  Told  Her  To Follow, But She  Didn'T @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Move  Or Speak. So  Instead  I  Said  To #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ Stay There, And Ran To Get  Her A Better @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Pair  Of  Shoes That She  Would Actually #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ Like.  When  I  Returned,  Having  Spent @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# More  Than  I  Could Really Afford,  She #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ Was Visibly Impressed. I Tried To  Sound @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Cool, Saying  Something  Like  "What  Do #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ You Think,  Just  Because A  Girl  Has A @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Freaky  Dad,  She Doesn'T  Have  Taste?" #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ But  Mouse  Girl  Just  Laughed  At  Me. @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@#                                          #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ She Then Took Me By  The Hand And Led Me @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Out  A  Side   Route   To  A  Closed-Off #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ Rooftop Walking Garden, Full Of  Juniper @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# And Thuja. It  Was A  Late  Evening, And #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@     The Stars Were Glittering. Being     @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Closed, The Garden  Had Its Light Turned #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ Off,  But  We  Could  Still See  Our Way @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Around By The  Light Shining  Down  From #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ The  Windows   Of   The  Higher  Floors. @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@#                                          #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ She Lay Down In A Patch Of Grass. I  Sat @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@# Down  On  My  Knees,  And  Then  Crawled #@¶§$§=~..
...~=§$§¶@ Closer.  She  Laughed  At Me Again,  And @¶§$§=~...
..~=§$§¶@#                  Said -                  #@¶§$§=~..
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..~=§$§¶@#                =  =  =  =                #@¶§$§=~..
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..~=§$§¶@# (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) #@¶§$§=~..
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