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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.        £&^:,,,,,,
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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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