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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 ###†«^,,,,
,^«^†$#¶## Was A Bit Bummed But Dropped It ##¶#$†^«^,
,«^†$#¶### Quickly. I Said Goodnight To Him And ###¶#$†^«,
,,,^«††$$# Went Looking For The Mouse. #$$††«^,,,
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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 ###¶#†^«^,
,,,,«^$$$# Both The Shoes. #$$$^«,,,,
,^«^†$#¶## ##¶#$†^«^,
,^«^†$#¶## I Told Her To Follow, But She Didn'T ##¶#$†^«^,
,^«^†$#¶## Move Or Speak. So Instead I Said To ##¶#$†^«^,
,,,,«^$$$¶ Stay There, And Ran To Get Her A Better ¶$$$^«,,,,
,^«^†$#### Pair Of Shoes That She Would Actually ####$†^«^,
,,,,,^^^†# 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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