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&§/~^¨¨¨¨¨ //////////////////////////////////////// ¨¨¨¨¨^~/§&
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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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###&§^/~^¨                /  /  /  /                ¨^~/^§&###
&&&§^~^^¨¨                                          ¨¨^^~^§&&&
###&§^/~^¨ 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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