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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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