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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 -                  #&*~~~,,,,
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,~~†*%&£##                †  †  †  †                ##£&%*†~~,
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,,,~~†%%%& (here i am awakened by the morning crew) &%%%†~~,,,
,~~†*%&&£#                                          #£&&%*†~~,
,~†*%&£### †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ###£&%*†~,
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