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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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