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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 ¨¨^«/†@£@#
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