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#@&$%/~-¨¨ //////////////////////////////////////// ¨¨-~/%$&@#
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#@&$%/~-¨¨          Mouse girl Likes Shoes          ¨¨-~/%$&@#
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#@&$%/~-¨¨                /  /  /  /                ¨¨-~/%$&@#
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#@&$%/~-¨¨ In  This  Dream I  Was A  Girl Of  Maybe ¨¨-~/%$&@#
##@&$%/~-¨ Sixteen Years,  Together  With My Dad In ¨-~/%$&@##
#@&$%/~-¨¨ A  Huge  Bath  House  /  Spa  /  Hotel / ¨¨-~/%$&@#
##@&$%/~-¨ Shopping centre.       Dad Was Constatly ¨-~/%$&@##
#@&$%/~-¨¨ Pointing  Out Hot Girls To Me.  "You See ¨¨-~/%$&@#
##@&$%/~-¨   That Black-Haired Thing Dissapearing   ¨-~/%$&@##
#@&$%/~-¨¨ Behind  The  Clothes  Rack?  Oof!"  He'D ¨¨-~/%$&@#
##@&$%/~-¨ Say. He  Was  Always  Very Creepy  About ¨-~/%$&@##
#@&$%/~-¨¨ This,   Going    For   Girls   My   Age. ¨¨-~/%$&@#
##@&$%/~-¨                                          ¨-~/%$&@##
#@&$%/~-¨¨ This Night He Had  Just  Tried To Woo  A ¨¨-~/%$&@#
##@&$%/~-¨ Girl He Called  A "Mouse"  By Buying Her ¨-~/%$&@##
#@&$%/~-¨¨ Shoes, But  She  Had  Accepted Them Only ¨¨-~/%$&@#
##@&$%/~-¨ To Run  Away Immediately Afterward.  Dad ¨-~/%$&@##
#@&$%/~-¨¨ Was   A   Bit  Bummed  But  Dropped   It ¨¨-~/%$&@#
##@&$%/~-¨ Quickly. I  Said  Goodnight  To Him  And ¨-~/%$&@##
#@&$%/~-¨¨        Went Looking For The Mouse.       ¨¨-~/%$&@#
##@&$%/~-¨                                          ¨-~/%$&@##
#@&$%/~-¨¨ The Building Was Enormous And  Mazelike. ¨¨-~/%$&@#
##@&$%/~-¨ Walls, Floors  And Pillars  Were Set  In ¨-~/%$&@##
#@&$%/~-¨¨ Green Marble. Throughout  The  House Ran ¨¨-~/%$&@#
##@&$%/~-¨ A  Main Boulevard,  Wide  As  A  Street, ¨-~/%$&@##
#@&$%/~-¨¨ Framed With  Clay Vases Dark As Obsidian ¨¨-~/%$&@#
##@&$%/~-¨ And Taller  Than A Person.  In Each Vase ¨-~/%$&@##
#@&$%/~-¨¨ Was  Placed  Upright A Leaf From A  Palm ¨¨-~/%$&@#
##@&$%/~-¨ Tree Or  Giant  Fern.  The Boulevard Was ¨-~/%$&@##
#@&$%/~-¨¨ Dimly  Lit, Which Allowed The Pools That ¨¨-~/%$&@#
##@&$%/~-¨   Were Generously Sprinkled Throughout   ¨-~/%$&@##
#@&$%/~-¨¨    Each Floor Would Reflect Suggestive   ¨¨-~/%$&@#
##@&$%/~-¨         Patterns On The Marble.          ¨-~/%$&@##
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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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