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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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