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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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