,:=;=$@### ###@$=;=:,
,,:=;=$@## ##@$=;=:,,
,,,:=;=$@# #@$=;=:,,,
,,,,:=;=$@ @$=;=:,,,,
,,,:=;=$@# #@$=;=:,,,
,,:=;=$@## ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ##@$=;=:,,
,:=;=$@### ###@$=;=:,
,,:=;=$@## mouse girl likes shoes ##@$=;=:,,
,,,:=;=$@# #@$=;=:,,,
,,,,:=;=$@ ; ; ; ; @$=;=:,,,,
,,,:=;=$@# #@$=;=:,,,
,,:=;=$@## in this dream i was a girl of maybe ##@$=;=:,,
,:=;=$@### sixteen years, together with my dad in ###@$=;=:,
,,:=;=$@## a huge bath house / spa / hotel / ##@$=;=:,,
,,,:=;=$@# shopping centre. dad was constatly #@$=;=:,,,
,,,,:=;=$@ pointing out hot girls to me. "you see @$=;=:,,,,
,,,:=;=$@# that black-haired thing dissapearing #@$=;=:,,,
,,:=;=$@## behind the clothes rack? oof!" he'd ##@$=;=:,,
,:=;=$@### say. he was always very creepy about ###@$=;=:,
,,:=;=$@## this, going for girls my age. ##@$=;=:,,
,,,:=;=$@# #@$=;=:,,,
,,,,:=;=$@ this night he had just tried to woo a @$=;=:,,,,
,,,:=;=$@# girl he called a "mouse" by buying her #@$=;=:,,,
,,:=;=$@## shoes, but she had accepted them only ##@$=;=:,,
,:=;=$@### to run away immediately afterward. dad ###@$=;=:,
,,:=;=$@## was a bit bummed but dropped it ##@$=;=:,,
,,,:=;=$@# quickly. i said goodnight to him and #@$=;=:,,,
,,,,:=;=$@ went looking for the mouse. @$=;=:,,,,
,,,:=;=$@# #@$=;=:,,,
,,:=;=$@## the building was enormous and mazelike. ##@$=;=:,,
,:=;=$@### walls, floors and pillars were set in ###@$=;=:,
,,:=;=$@## green marble. throughout the house ran ##@$=;=:,,
,,,:=;=$@# a main boulevard, wide as a street, #@$=;=:,,,
,,,,:=;=$@ framed with clay vases dark as obsidian @$=;=:,,,,
,,,:=;=$@# and taller than a person. in each vase #@$=;=:,,,
,,:=;=$@## was placed upright a leaf from a palm ##@$=;=:,,
,:=;=$@### tree or giant fern. the boulevard was ###@$=;=:,
,,:=;=$@## dimly lit, which allowed the pools that ##@$=;=:,,
,,,:=;=$@# were generously sprinkled throughout #@$=;=:,,,
,,,,:=;=$@ each floor would reflect suggestive @$=;=:,,,,
,,,:=;=$@# patterns on the marble. #@$=;=:,,,
,,:=;=$@## ##@$=;=:,,
,:=;=$@### ; ; ; ; ###@$=;=:,
,,:=;=$@## ##@$=;=:,,
,,,:=;=$@# following the boulevard, two floors up #@$=;=:,,,
,,,,:=;=$@ i found her crying behind two fern @$=;=:,,,,
,,,:=;=$@# vases. she was beautiful, and as i #@$=;=:,,,
,,:=;=$@## approached, she looked up and sniveled. ##@$=;=:,,
,:=;=$@### in the nearest vase she had stuffed ###@$=;=:,
,,:=;=$@## both the shoes. ##@$=;=:,,
,,,:=;=$@# #@$=;=:,,,
,,,,:=;=$@ i told her to follow, but she didn't @$=;=:,,,,
,,,:=;=$@# move or speak. so instead i said to #@$=;=:,,,
,,:=;=$@## stay there, and ran to get her a better ##@$=;=:,,
,:=;=$@### pair of shoes that she would actually ###@$=;=:,
,,:=;=$@## like. when i returned, having spent ##@$=;=:,,
,,,:=;=$@# more than i could really afford, she #@$=;=:,,,
,,,,:=;=$@ was visibly impressed. i tried to sound @$=;=:,,,,
,,,:=;=$@# cool, saying something like "what do #@$=;=:,,,
,,:=;=$@## you think, just because a girl has a ##@$=;=:,,
,:=;=$@### freaky dad, she doesn't have taste?" ###@$=;=:,
,,:=;=$@## but mouse girl just laughed at me. ##@$=;=:,,
,,,:=;=$@# #@$=;=:,,,
,,,,:=;=$@ she then took me by the hand and led me @$=;=:,,,,
,,,:=;=$@# out a side route to a closed-off #@$=;=:,,,
,,:=;=$@## rooftop walking garden, full of juniper ##@$=;=:,,
,:=;=$@### and thuja. it was a late evening, and ###@$=;=:,
,,:=;=$@## the stars were glittering. being ##@$=;=:,,
,,,:=;=$@# closed, the garden had its light turned #@$=;=:,,,
,,,,:=;=$@ off, but we could still see our way @$=;=:,,,,
,,,:=;=$@# around by the light shining down from #@$=;=:,,,
,,:=;=$@## the windows of the higher floors. ##@$=;=:,,
,:=;=$@### ###@$=;=:,
,,:=;=$@## she lay down in a patch of grass. i sat ##@$=;=:,,
,,,:=;=$@# down on my knees, and then crawled #@$=;=:,,,
,,,,:=;=$@ closer. she laughed at me again, and @$=;=:,,,,
,,,:=;=$@# said - #@$=;=:,,,
,,:=;=$@## ##@$=;=:,,
,:=;=$@### ; ; ; ; ###@$=;=:,
,,:=;=$@## ##@$=;=:,,
,,,:=;=$@# (here i am awakened by the morning crew) #@$=;=:,,,
,,,,:=;=$@ @$=;=:,,,,
,,,:=;=$@# ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; #@$=;=:,,,
,,:=;=$@## ##@$=;=:,,
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