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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,=\
*\=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,=\*
£*\=,¨¨¨¨¨ 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 - ¨¨¨¨,=\*£@
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##@£*\=,¨¨ (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ¨¨,=\*£@##
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