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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 ###¤$$*»:,
,,,,,»*$¤¤ said - ¤¤$*»,,,,,
,:»*$$¤### ###¤$$*»:,
,:»*$$$$¤# * * * * #¤$$$$*»:,
,,,,,»»*$¤ ¤$*»»,,,,,
,,,,,,,»$¤ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ¤$»,,,,,,,
,:»*$$¤¤¤# #¤¤¤$$*»:,
:»*$$¤#### **************************************** ####¤$$*»:
,,,,:***$¤ ¤$***:,,,,
,:»*$$¤### ###¤$$*»:,
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,,:::**$$¤ ¤$$**:::,,
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