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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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