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,-~^†£§@##          Mouse girl Likes Shoes          ##@§£†^~-,
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,-~^†£§@##                ^  ^  ^  ^                ##@§£†^~-,
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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.          @@@§£†^~-,
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,-~^†£§@##                ^  ^  ^  ^                ##@§£†^~-,
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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.             @£££†^~-,,
,-~^†£§@##                                          ##@§£†^~-,
,,,,,-~†£@ 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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,-~^†£§@##                ^  ^  ^  ^                ##@§£†^~-,
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,-~^†£§@## (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ##@§£†^~-,
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