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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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