.^«*=****&                                          &****=*«^.
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.^«*=*&¶¶# **************************************** #¶¶&*=*«^.
.....^^«=&                                          &=«^^.....
....^***&&          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.         ##¶&*=*«^.
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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. #¶&==«^^..
.^«*=***¶¶                                          ¶¶***=*«^.
.^«*=*&¶## 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 -                  &****^^...
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.^«*=*&¶##                *  *  *  *                ##¶&*=*«^.
.^«*=*&¶##                                          ##¶&*=*«^.
.^«*=*&¶## (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ##¶&*=*«^.
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.^«*=*&¶## **************************************** ##¶&*=*«^.
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