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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 ##@££*†~,.
.,~†*£££££                  said -                  £££££*†~,.
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....~~††*£ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) £*††~~....
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