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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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