#@##%=†~-¨                                          ¨-~†=%##@#
#=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=#
####%=†~-¨                                          ¨-~†=%####
#%%=††~~-¨                                          ¨-~~††=%%#
#%%=~~~~-¨                                          ¨-~~~~=%%#
#=~~~¨¨¨¨¨ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ¨¨¨¨¨~~~=#
#@##%=†~-¨                                          ¨-~†=%##@#
####%=†~-¨          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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##%%%=†~-¨                                          ¨-~†=%%%##