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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 ###†«^,,,,
,^«^†$#¶## Was   A   Bit  Bummed  But  Dropped   It ##¶#$†^«^,
,«^†$#¶### Quickly.  I Said  Goodnight To  Him  And ###¶#$†^«,
,,,^«††$$#        Went Looking For The Mouse.       #$$††«^,,,
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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     #††^^,,,,,
,^«^†$#¶## Closed, The Garden Had Its  Light Turned ##¶#$†^«^,
,,,^«††$#¶ Off,  But  We  Could  Still  See Our Way ¶#$††«^,,,
,^«^†$#### Around By  The Light Shining  Down  From ####$†^«^,
,,,«^††$$# The  Windows  Of   The   Higher  Floors. #$$††^«,,,
,^«^†††###                                          ###†††^«^,
,,,,,««^$¶ She  Lay Down In A Patch Of Grass. I Sat ¶$^««,,,,,
,^«^†$¶### Down  On  My  Knees,  And  Then  Crawled ###¶$†^«^,
,^«^†$$$¶¶ Closer.  She Laughed At  Me  Again,  And ¶¶$$$†^«^,
,^«^†$####                  Said -                  ####$†^«^,
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,^«^†$#¶##                ^  ^  ^  ^                ##¶#$†^«^,
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,^«^†$#¶## (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ##¶#$†^«^,
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