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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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