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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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