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,.~*%§&£@@          mouse girl likes shoes          @@£&§%*~.,
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,.~*%§&£@#                *  *  *  *                #@£&§%*~.,
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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. @£&%*~.,,,
,.~*%§&£##                                          ##£&§%*~.,
,.~*%§&£@# 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 #@£&§%*~.,
,,.~*%%§££                  said -                  ££§%%*~.,,
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,.~*%§&£@# (here i am awakened by the morning crew) #@£&§%*~.,
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