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¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ ¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨ Mouse girl Likes Shoes ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
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¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ ; ; ; ; ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
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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. ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§§§¨¨ ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨§§¨ 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 - §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨ §§¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨ ; ; ; ; ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨ ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨ (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§ ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
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