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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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#¨#¨¨#¨##¨ / / / / #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
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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. #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨¨#¨##¨ #¨#¨#¨#¨#¨
#¨#¨##¨¨#¨ 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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