,,,,,==%%¤                                          ¤%%==,,,,,
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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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