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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. ¶¶£//:::,,
,:~~//££££                                          ££££//~~:,
,,,:~/££££ 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. ##¶££*/~:,
,,,:://*£¶                                          ¶£*//::,,,
,,,,,:/££# 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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,:~/*££¶## (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ##¶££*/~:,
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