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