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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 @@$$††~~..
.~=†$*@¶##   Were Generously Sprinkled Throughout   ##¶@*$†=~.
.~=†$*@¶##   Each Floor Would Reflect Suggestive    ##¶@*$†=~.
.~=†$*@¶##          Patterns On The Marble.         ##¶@*$†=~.
.~=†$*@¶##                                          ##¶@*$†=~.
.~===††$*@                †  †  †  †                @*$††===~.
.....=†$@¶                                          ¶@$†=.....
...~=$$$@¶ 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. @***††=...
.~===†**@@                                          @@**†===~.
.~=†$*@¶## She Lay Down In A  Patch Of Grass. I Sat ##¶@*$†=~.
.~=†$*@¶## Down  On  My  Knees,  And  Then  Crawled ##¶@*$†=~.
.~=†$*@¶## Closer. She  Laughed  At  Me  Again, And ##¶@*$†=~.
.~=†$*@¶##                  Said -                  ##¶@*$†=~.
.~=†$***@#                                          #@***$†=~.
.....=†*@¶                †  †  †  †                ¶@*†=.....
.~=†$*@¶##                                          ##¶@*$†=~.
.~=†$*@¶## (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ##¶@*$†=~.
....~=$**¶                                          ¶**$=~....
.~=†$*@¶¶¶ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ¶¶¶@*$†=~.
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