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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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