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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.        ##@£&=:-,¨
¨¨,-:=&£@#                                          #@£&=:-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-:=&£@ 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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¨¨,-:=&£@#                :  :  :  :                #@£&=:-,¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,-:=&£ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) £&=:-,¨¨¨¨
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