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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 #§@§*-:¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨:-*§                *  *  *  *                §*-:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:-*§@                                          @§*-:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:-*§@§ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) §@§*-:¨¨¨¨
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