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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 #£§§%†^-,¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨-^%£ (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) £%^-¨¨¨¨¨¨
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