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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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..~^†£#### (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ####£†^~..
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