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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.       .,«^§&¤@@#
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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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§^«,......                ^  ^  ^  ^                ......,«^§
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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. .....,«^§&
§^«,......                                          ......,«^§
&§^«,..... 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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§^«,...... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ......,«^§
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