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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. ^»,.......
........,» »,........
........., 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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......,»^* (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) *^»,......
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