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#££*$/~,,,          Mouse girl Likes Shoes          ,,,~/$*££#
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£*$/~,,,,, In This Dream I  Was  A  Girl  Of  Maybe ,,,,,~/$*£
*$/~,,,,,, Sixteen Years,  Together With My  Dad In ,,,,,,~/$*
£*$/~,,,,, A  Huge  Bath  House  /  Spa /  Hotel  / ,,,,,~/$*£
££*$/~,,,, Shopping centre.       Dad Was Constatly ,,,,~/$*££
#££*$/~,,, Pointing  Out  Hot Girls To Me. "You See ,,,~/$*££#
##££*$/~,,   That Black-Haired Thing Dissapearing   ,,~/$*££##
#££*$/~,,, Behind  The  Clothes  Rack?  Oof!"  He'D ,,,~/$*££#
££*$/~,,,, Say. He Was  Always  Very  Creepy  About ,,,,~/$*££
£*$/~,,,,, This,   Going   For   Girls    My   Age. ,,,,,~/$*£
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£*$/~,,,,, This Night He  Had  Just  Tried To Woo A ,,,,,~/$*£
££*$/~,,,, Girl He  Called A  "Mouse" By Buying Her ,,,,~/$*££
#££*$/~,,, Shoes, But She  Had  Accepted  Them Only ,,,~/$*££#
##££*$/~,, To Run Away  Immediately  Afterward. Dad ,,~/$*££##
#££*$/~,,, Was   A  Bit   Bummed  But   Dropped  It ,,,~/$*££#
££*$/~,,,, Quickly.  I  Said Goodnight  To Him  And ,,,,~/$*££
£*$/~,,,,,       Went Looking For The Mouse.        ,,,,,~/$*£
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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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££*$/~,,,,                /  /  /  /                ,,,,~/$*££
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*$/~,,,,,, Following  The Boulevard, Two Floors  Up ,,,,,,~/$*
£*$/~,,,,, I  Found  Her  Crying  Behind  Two  Fern ,,,,,~/$*£
££*$/~,,,, Vases.  She  Was  Beautiful,  And  As  I ,,,,~/$*££
#££*$/~,,, Approached, She Looked Up  And Sniveled. ,,,~/$*££#
##££*$/~,, In  The  Nearest  Vase She  Had  Stuffed ,,~/$*££##
#££*$/~,,,              Both The Shoes.             ,,,~/$*££#
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£*$/~,,,,, I  Told Her  To  Follow, But She  Didn'T ,,,,,~/$*£
*$/~,,,,,, Move  Or  Speak.  So  Instead  I Said To ,,,,,,~/$*
£*$/~,,,,, Stay There, And  Ran To Get Her A Better ,,,,,~/$*£
££*$/~,,,, Pair  Of  Shoes That  She Would Actually ,,,,~/$*££
#££*$/~,,, Like.  When  I  Returned,  Having  Spent ,,,~/$*££#
##££*$/~,, More Than  I  Could  Really  Afford, She ,,~/$*££##
#££*$/~,,, Was Visibly Impressed. I  Tried To Sound ,,,~/$*££#
££*$/~,,,, Cool,  Saying  Something  Like  "What Do ,,,,~/$*££
£*$/~,,,,, You  Think, Just  Because A  Girl  Has A ,,,,,~/$*£
*$/~,,,,,, Freaky  Dad, She  Doesn'T  Have  Taste?" ,,,,,,~/$*
£*$/~,,,,, But  Mouse  Girl  Just  Laughed  At  Me. ,,,,,~/$*£
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#££*$/~,,, She  Then Took Me By The Hand And Led Me ,,,~/$*££#
##££*$/~,, Out   A  Side  Route  To  A   Closed-Off ,,~/$*££##
#££*$/~,,, Rooftop Walking Garden, Full  Of Juniper ,,,~/$*££#
££*$/~,,,, And Thuja. It  Was A  Late  Evening, And ,,,,~/$*££
£*$/~,,,,,     The Stars Were Glittering. Being     ,,,,,~/$*£
*$/~,,,,,, Closed, The Garden Had Its Light  Turned ,,,,,,~/$*
£*$/~,,,,, Off,  But We  Could  Still  See  Our Way ,,,,,~/$*£
££*$/~,,,, Around  By  The Light Shining Down  From ,,,,~/$*££
#££*$/~,,, The   Windows  Of   The  Higher  Floors. ,,,~/$*££#
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#££*$/~,,, She Lay Down In A Patch Of Grass.  I Sat ,,,~/$*££#
££*$/~,,,, Down  On  My  Knees,  And  Then  Crawled ,,,,~/$*££
£*$/~,,,,, Closer.  She  Laughed At  Me Again,  And ,,,,,~/$*£
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##££*$/~,, (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ,,~/$*££##
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