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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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