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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. #&£=*=:,,,
,,:=*=£&## ##&£=*=:,,
,:=*=£&### 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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,,,,,,,,,, * * * * ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,: :,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:= (here i am awakened by the morning crew) =:,,,,,,,,
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