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,.~:§$&&##                                          ##&&$§:~.,
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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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,.~:§$&###                :  :  :  :                ###&$§:~.,
,.~:§$&###                                          ###&$§:~.,
,.~:§$&### (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ###&$§:~.,
,.~:§$&###                                          ###&$§:~.,
,.~:§$&&&# :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: #&&&$§:~.,
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