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@&**=~-,,, ======================================== ,,,-~=**&@
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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. ,,,,,,,,,-
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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 - ,,,,,,,,-~
=~-,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,-~=
*=~-,,,,,, = = = = ,,,,,,-~=*
**=~-,,,,, ,,,,,-~=**
&**=~-,,,, (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ,,,,-~=**&
@&**=~-,,, ,,,-~=**&@
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