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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. .,«/%%@£@#
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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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@%///«.... 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. .,«««/%%@@
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@£@@%%/«,. 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 ...««//%%@
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#@£@%%/«,. (here i am awakened by the morning crew) .,«/%%@£@#
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