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,,=\=$§@##                                          ##@§$=\=,,
,,=\=$@###          mouse girl likes shoes          ###@$=\=,,
,,,,,\\$§§                                          §§$\\,,,,,
,,=\=$§@##                \  \  \  \                ##@§$=\=,,
,,=\=$§@##                                          ##@§$=\=,,
,,=\==$§§# 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   @@$$\\,,,,
,,=\\\$$§#         patterns on the marble.          #§$$\\\=,,
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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.              ##@§$=\=,,
,,,,,,,==§                                          §==,,,,,,,
,,=====$$§ i  told her  to follow, but  she  didn't §$$=====,,
,,=\=$§@## move  or speak.  so  instead  i  said to ##@§$=\=,,
,,,,\\\\$@ 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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,,,,=\==§# \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ #§==\=,,,,
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