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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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