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###¤$†/«:¨                                          ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨          Mouse girl Likes Shoes          ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨                                          ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨                /  /  /  /                ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨                                          ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ In  This  Dream I Was  A Girl  Of  Maybe ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ Sixteen Years, Together With  My Dad  In ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ A  Huge  Bath House  /  Spa  /  Hotel  / ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ Shopping centre.       Dad Was Constatly ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ Pointing Out Hot Girls To Me.  "You  See ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨   That Black-Haired Thing Dissapearing   ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ Behind  The  Clothes  Rack?  Oof!"  He'D ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ Say. He  Was  Always Very  Creepy  About ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ This,   Going   For   Girls   My    Age. ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨                                          ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ This Night He Had Just  Tried  To  Woo A ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ Girl  He Called A  "Mouse" By Buying Her ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ Shoes,  But  She  Had Accepted Them Only ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ To  Run  Away Immediately Afterward. Dad ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ Was   A  Bit  Bummed   But   Dropped  It ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ Quickly.  I  Said Goodnight  To Him  And ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨       Went Looking For The Mouse.        ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨                                          ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ The  Building Was Enormous And Mazelike. ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ Walls, Floors And  Pillars  Were Set  In ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ Green Marble.  Throughout The House  Ran ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ A  Main  Boulevard,  Wide As  A  Street, ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ Framed With Clay Vases Dark As  Obsidian ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ And Taller Than  A  Person. In Each Vase ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ Was Placed  Upright A  Leaf  From A Palm ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ Tree Or  Giant  Fern. The  Boulevard Was ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ Dimly Lit, Which  Allowed The Pools That ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨   Were Generously Sprinkled Throughout   ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨   Each Floor Would Reflect Suggestive    ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨          Patterns On The Marble.         ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨                                          ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨                /  /  /  /                ¨:«/†$¤###
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###¤$†/«:¨ Following  The Boulevard, Two  Floors Up ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ I  Found  Her  Crying  Behind  Two  Fern ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ Vases.  She  Was  Beautiful,  And  As  I ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ Approached, She  Looked Up And Sniveled. ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ In The  Nearest  Vase  She  Had  Stuffed ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨             Both The Shoes.              ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨                                          ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ I Told Her  To  Follow,  But  She Didn'T ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ Move Or  Speak.  So  Instead  I Said  To ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ Stay There, And Ran To Get  Her A Better ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ Pair  Of  Shoes That  She Would Actually ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ Like.  When  I  Returned,  Having  Spent ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ More Than  I  Could  Really Afford,  She ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ Was  Visibly Impressed. I Tried To Sound ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ Cool,  Saying  Something  Like "What  Do ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ You  Think,  Just Because  A Girl Has  A ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ Freaky  Dad,  She  Doesn'T  Have Taste?" ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ But  Mouse  Girl  Just  Laughed  At  Me. ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨                                          ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ She Then Took Me By The Hand And  Led Me ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ Out  A  Side   Route  To   A  Closed-Off ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ Rooftop Walking  Garden, Full Of Juniper ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ And  Thuja. It Was A Late  Evening,  And ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨     The Stars Were Glittering. Being     ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ Closed, The Garden Had  Its Light Turned ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ Off,  But  We Could Still  See  Our  Way ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ Around  By The Light  Shining Down  From ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ The  Windows  Of   The   Higher  Floors. ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨                                          ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ She Lay Down In A  Patch Of Grass. I Sat ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨ Down  On  My  Knees,  And  Then  Crawled ¨:«/†$¤###
##¤$†/«:¨¨ Closer.  She Laughed  At Me  Again,  And ¨¨:«/†$¤##
###¤$†/«:¨                  Said -                  ¨:«/†$¤###
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###¤$†/«:¨ (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ¨:«/†$¤###
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