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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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