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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. ......-«/*
/«-.......                                          .......-«/
*/«-...... 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 ......-«/*
$*/«-..... around by  the light  shining  down from .....-«/*$
#$*/«-.... the  windows  of   the   higher  floors. ....-«/*$#
@#$*/«-...                                          ...-«/*$#@
#@#$*/«-.. she lay down in a  patch of grass. i sat ..-«/*$#@#
##@#$*/«-. down  on  my  knees,  and  then  crawled .-«/*$#@##
#@#$*/«-.. closer.  she  laughed  at me  again, and ..-«/*$#@#
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$*/«-.....                /  /  /  /                .....-«/*$
*/«-......                                          ......-«/*
/«-....... (here i am awakened by the morning crew) .......-«/
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