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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 ###@#£†~,.
.,~†§£#@##                  Said -                  ##@#£§†~,.
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.....,~~§# (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) #§~~,.....
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