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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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#@£$§\~,¨¨                \  \  \  \                ¨¨,~\§$£@#
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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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