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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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,,&,&&,,,& 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. ,&,,,,,,,,
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&&,&&&,,&, 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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