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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. #@£@@*:-,,
,,-:*@£@## ##@£@*:-,,
,,-:*@@£@# 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. £££@@*:-,,
,,-:*@@£££ £££@@*:-,,
,,-:*@@£@# : : : : #@£@@*:-,,
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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. @*-,,,,,,,
,,,--***@£ £@***--,,,
,,,,:::@@@ 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. @£@***:-,,
,,,,-:*@@£ £@@*:-,,,,
,,,,,,,-*@ 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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