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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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