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###¤$†*~~. **************************************** .~~*†$¤###
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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 ...~~~††¤¤
#@#¤$†*~~. behind the clothes rack? oof!" he'd .~~*†$¤#@#
###¤$†*~~. say. he was always very creepy about .~~*†$¤###
#@#¤$†*~~. this, going for girls my age. .~~*†$¤#@#
###¤$†*~~. .~~*†$¤###
@@#¤$†*~~. this night he had just tried to woo a .~~*†$¤#@@
@@#¤$†*~~. girl he called a "mouse" by buying her .~~*†$¤#@@
##@#¤$†*~. shoes, but she had accepted them only .~*†$¤#@##
@#$$*~.... to run away immediately afterward. dad ....~*$$#@
#$$*~~~... was a bit bummed but dropped it ...~~~*$$#
#@#¤$†*~~. quickly. i said goodnight to him and .~~*†$¤#@#
@@#¤$†*~~. went looking for the mouse. .~~*†$¤#@@
@@#¤$†*~~. .~~*†$¤#@@
¤¤¤$$†*~~. the building was enormous and mazelike. .~~*†$$¤¤¤
@#¤$*~~~.. walls, floors and pillars were set in ..~~~*$¤#@
###¤$†*~~. green marble. throughout the house ran .~~*†$¤###
###¤$†*~~. a main boulevard, wide as a street, .~~*†$¤###
##¤†*~.... 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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¤$*~...... **************************************** ......~*$¤
#$**~..... .....~**$#
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