¨¨¨¨¨,†*&#                                          #&*†,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,=†§*&@##                                          ##@&*§†=,¨
¨,=†§*&@##                                          ##@&*§†=,¨
¨¨,,,†**&#                                          #&**†,,,¨¨
¨,=†§*&@##                                          ##@&*§†=,¨
¨,=†§*&@## †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ##@&*§†=,¨
¨¨¨¨¨=†**&                                          &**†=¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,†*@#          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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¨,=†§*&&@# †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† #@&&*§†=,¨
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¨,=†§**&&&                                          &&&**§†=,¨
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