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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 -                  ##@¤¤=†-,¨
¨¨,-†=¤¤@#                                          #@¤¤=†-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-†=¤¤@                †  †  †  †                @¤¤=†-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-†=¤¤@#                                          #@¤¤=†-,¨¨
¨,-†=¤¤@## (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ##@¤¤=†-,¨
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¨¨¨,-†=¤¤@ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† @¤¤=†-,¨¨¨
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