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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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