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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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¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§§ §¨§§§¨§¨§¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨ (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) §§¨¨§§§§§¨
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