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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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=-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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$%†=-¨¨¨¨¨ She Lay Down In A Patch Of Grass. I Sat ¨¨¨¨¨-=†%$
#$%†=-¨¨¨¨ Down On My Knees, And Then Crawled ¨¨¨¨-=†%$#
@#$%†=-¨¨¨ Closer. She Laughed At Me Again, And ¨¨¨-=†%$#@
#@#$%†=-¨¨ Said - ¨¨-=†%$#@#
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#$%†=-¨¨¨¨ (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ¨¨¨¨-=†%$#
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