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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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@@@&$%†~~, She Lay Down In A Patch Of Grass. I Sat ,~~†%$&@@@
##@&$%†~~, Down On My Knees, And Then Crawled ,~~†%$&@##
@$%~~,,,,, Closer. She Laughed At Me Again, And ,,,,,~~%$@
#@@&$%†~~, Said - ,~~†%$&@@#
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#@@&$%†~~, (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ,~~†%$&@@#
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