....,†***&                                          &***†,....
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.,~†*%&@##                                          ##@&%*†~,.
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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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