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,,=/%$&¶¶#                                          #¶¶&$%/=,,
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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  / ¶&%=,,,,,,
,,=/%$&¶## Shopping centre.       Dad Was Constatly ##¶&$%/=,,
,,=/%$&¶¶# Pointing Out Hot  Girls  To Me. "You See #¶¶&$%/=,,
,,=/%$&¶¶#   That Black-Haired Thing Dissapearing   #¶¶&$%/=,,
,,=/%$&¶## Behind  The  Clothes  Rack?  Oof!"  He'D ##¶&$%/=,,
,,=/%$&¶## Say.  He Was  Always Very  Creepy  About ##¶&$%/=,,
,,=/%$&¶## This,   Going   For   Girls    My   Age. ##¶&$%/=,,
,,=/%$&¶##                                          ##¶&$%/=,,
,,=/%$&¶## This  Night He Had Just  Tried  To Woo A ##¶&$%/=,,
,,=/%$&¶## Girl He Called  A "Mouse" By  Buying Her ##¶&$%/=,,
,,=/%%%$¶# Shoes,  But She Had Accepted  Them  Only #¶$%%%/=,,
,,,==/$&&& To  Run Away  Immediately Afterward. Dad &&&$/==,,,
,,,,,,,=%& 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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,,=/%$&¶## //////////////////////////////////////// ##¶&$%/=,,
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