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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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.,-††==£@#                †  †  †  †                #@£==††-,.
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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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