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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. #£%%:«,,,,
,,,«:%%£## ##£%%:«,,,
,,«:%%£### 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. %%:«,,,,,,
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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,« said - «,,,,,,,,,
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