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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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...--:$%&#                :  :  :  :                #&%$:--...
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.--:$%&### Following The  Boulevard, Two  Floors Up ###&%$:--.
..--:$%&## I  Found  Her  Crying  Behind  Two  Fern ##&%$:--..
...--:$%&# Vases.  She  Was  Beautiful,  And  As  I #&%$:--...
..--:$%&## Approached, She Looked Up And  Sniveled. ##&%$:--..
.--:$%&### In  The  Nearest  Vase  She Had  Stuffed ###&%$:--.
..--:$%&##              Both The Shoes.             ##&%$:--..
...--:$%&#                                          #&%$:--...
..--:$%&## I Told  Her  To Follow,  But  She Didn'T ##&%$:--..
.--:$%&### Move Or  Speak.  So  Instead  I  Said To ###&%$:--.
..--:$%&## Stay There, And Ran To Get Her  A Better ##&%$:--..
...--:$%&# Pair  Of Shoes That  She  Would Actually #&%$:--...
..--:$%&## Like.  When  I  Returned,  Having  Spent ##&%$:--..
.--:$%&### More  Than  I  Could Really  Afford, She ###&%$:--.
..--:$%&## Was Visibly Impressed. I  Tried To Sound ##&%$:--..
...--:$%&# Cool, Saying  Something  Like  "What  Do #&%$:--...
..--:$%&## You  Think,  Just Because  A Girl  Has A ##&%$:--..
.--:$%&### Freaky  Dad, She  Doesn'T  Have  Taste?" ###&%$:--.
..--:$%&## But  Mouse  Girl  Just  Laughed  At  Me. ##&%$:--..
...--:$%&#                                          #&%$:--...
..--:$%&## She Then Took Me By The Hand And  Led Me ##&%$:--..
.--:$%&### Out  A  Side   Route   To  A  Closed-Off ###&%$:--.
..--:$%&## Rooftop Walking Garden, Full  Of Juniper ##&%$:--..
...--:$%&# And Thuja.  It Was A  Late  Evening, And #&%$:--...
..--:$%&##     The Stars Were Glittering. Being     ##&%$:--..
.--:$%&### Closed, The  Garden Had Its Light Turned ###&%$:--.
..--:$%&## Off,  But  We  Could  Still  See Our Way ##&%$:--..
...--:$%&# Around By The  Light Shining  Down  From #&%$:--...
..--:$%&## The   Windows  Of  The   Higher  Floors. ##&%$:--..
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..--:$%&## She Lay Down In A  Patch Of Grass. I Sat ##&%$:--..
...--:$%&# Down  On  My  Knees,  And  Then  Crawled #&%$:--...
..--:$%&## Closer.  She Laughed  At Me  Again,  And ##&%$:--..
.--:$%&###                  Said -                  ###&%$:--.
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...--:$%&#                :  :  :  :                #&%$:--...
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.--:$%&### (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ###&%$:--.
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