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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 ¤¤¤¤%§=~,.
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.,~=§%¤£## (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ##£¤%§=~,.
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