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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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##£&$*†~-¨ I  Found  Her  Crying  Behind  Two  Fern ¨-~†*$&£##
##£&$*†~-¨ Vases.  She  Was  Beautiful,  And  As  I ¨-~†*$&£##
##£&$*†~-¨ Approached, She Looked Up  And Sniveled. ¨-~†*$&£##
###£&$†~-¨ In  The  Nearest  Vase  She  Had Stuffed ¨-~†$&£###
&$*~-----¨             Both The Shoes.              ¨-----~*$&
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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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##£&$*†~-¨ She Lay  Down In A Patch Of Grass. I Sat ¨-~†*$&£##
£$††~~--¨¨ Down  On  My  Knees,  And  Then  Crawled ¨¨--~~††$£
££$††-¨¨¨¨ Closer. She Laughed  At  Me  Again,  And ¨¨¨¨-††$££
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##£&$*†~-¨ (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ¨-~†*$&£##
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