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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. ##£$/«:,,,
,,,,:«/$£#                                          #£$/«:,,,,
,,,,,:«/$£ 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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