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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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