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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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