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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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