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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. ¨¨&¨¨&&&¨¨
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¨&¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨ 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. ¨&¨¨¨&¨¨&¨
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&¨¨&¨&¨&¨¨ 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. &¨¨&¨¨&¨¨&
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&¨¨¨&&&&&¨ 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. &¨¨&¨¨¨&&¨
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&&¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨ 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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