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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. ..,=†%£#£#
##£#£%†=,.                                          .,=†%£#£##
#£#£%†=,.. 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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