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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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