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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. &¨¨¨&&&&&¨
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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. ¨&&¨¨&¨&¨¨
¨&&¨&¨¨&¨& &&¨&¨&&&&¨
¨&¨&&&¨&&& 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. ¨¨¨&&&¨&¨&
¨¨&¨¨¨¨&&& ¨¨¨&¨¨&&&&
&¨&&¨¨¨&¨¨ 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 - ¨&¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨
¨¨¨&¨¨¨&¨¨ &&&¨¨¨¨&&¨
¨¨¨&&¨¨&&¨ = = = = &¨¨&¨¨¨&¨&
&¨¨&¨&¨&¨& ¨&¨&&¨¨&&&
¨&¨&&&&&&& (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) &&&&¨&¨&¨¨
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