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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.          ^»-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-»^†                                          †^»-¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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.              £@†^»-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨-»^†@                                          @†^»-¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨-»^† 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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