,.~^%@&£##                                          ##£&@%^~.,
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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 -                  ##£&@%^~.,
,,.~^%@&£#                                          #£&@%^~.,,
,.~^%@&£##                ^  ^  ^  ^                ##£&@%^~.,
,,.~^%@&£#                                          #£&@%^~.,,
,.~^%@&£## (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ##£&@%^~.,
,,.~^%@&£#                                          #£&@%^~.,,
,.~^%@&£## ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ##£&@%^~.,
,,.~^%@&£#                                          #£&@%^~.,,
,.~^%@&£##                                          ##£&@%^~.,
,,.~^%@&£#                                          #£&@%^~.,,
,.~^%@&£##                                          ##£&@%^~.,
,,.~^%@&£#                                          #£&@%^~.,,