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,.~;^%@# #@#&%^;~.,
,.~;^%@# #@#&%^;~.,
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,.~;^%@# ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; #@#&%^;~.,
,.~;^%@# #@#&%^;~.,
,.~;^%&# Mouse girl Likes Shoes ##&&%^;~.,
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,,,,.~;% ; ; ; ; #&%;~.,,,,
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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. @@#&%^;~.,
,.~;^%&&&@ @&&&%^;~.,
,.~~~~~~^& 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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