,,~/*£££@¶                                          ¶@£££*/~,,
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,,~/*££@@# //////////////////////////////////////// #@@££*/~,,
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,,,,,/*£¶#          mouse girl likes shoes          #¶£*/,,,,,
,,~/*£@¶##                                          ##¶@£*/~,,
,,~/*£@¶##                /  /  /  /                ##¶@£*/~,,
,,,~~**£@¶                                          ¶@£**~~,,,
,,,~/*££@¶ 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. ¶@*~,,,,,,
,,,,,~/£¶¶                                          ¶¶£/~,,,,,
,,,,//*£@@ 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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