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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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#¨#¨¨#¨#¨¨ * * * * ¨#¨##¨#¨#¨
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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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