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##@$%^-...          mouse girl likes shoes          ...-^%$@##
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##@$%^-...                ^  ^  ^  ^                ...-^%$@##
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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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