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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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