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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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