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^†»~...... †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ......~»†^
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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.         .....~»†^%
^†»~......                                          ......~»†^
†»~.......                †  †  †  †                .......~»†
^†»~......                                          ......~»†^
%^†»~..... 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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†»~.......                †  †  †  †                .......~»†
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%^†»~..... (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) .....~»†^%
#%^†»~....                                          ....~»†^%#
¶#%^†»~... †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ...~»†^%#¶
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