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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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