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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.          ###§§*^~^.
..^~^*§§##                                          ##§§*^~^..
.^~^*§§###                ^  ^  ^  ^                ###§§*^~^.
..^~^*§§##                                          ##§§*^~^..
.^~^*§§### 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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.^~^*§§### ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ###§§*^~^.
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