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#@$^^»,,,, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,,,,»^^$@#
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#&&&$†^»,,          mouse girl likes shoes          ,,»^†$&&&#
###&$†^»,,                                          ,,»^†$&###
##@&$†^»,,                ^  ^  ^  ^                ,,»^†$&@##
@&$†»,,,,,                                          ,,,,,»†$&@
&†»»»,,,,, 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 ,,,,»††&@@
#&$$^,,,,, was   a  bit   bummed  but   dropped  it ,,,,,^$$&#
##@&$†^»,, quickly.  i  said goodnight  to him  and ,,»^†$&@##
###@$†^»,,        went looking for the mouse.       ,,»^†$@###
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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.          ,,,,,,»†&@
###&$†^»,,                                          ,,»^†$&###
###@&$†^»,                ^  ^  ^  ^                ,»^†$&@###
###&$†^»,,                                          ,,»^†$&###
##@&$†^»,, following the  boulevard, two  floors up ,,»^†$&@##
###&$†^»,, i  found  her  crying  behind  two  fern ,,»^†$&###
##@&$†^»,, vases.  she  was  beautiful,  and  as  i ,,»^†$&@##
&&††^^»»,, 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 ,,,,,,,»†&
&$$$^^^»,, around by the  light  shining  down from ,,»^^^$$$&
###@$†^»,, the   windows  of   the  higher  floors. ,,»^†$@###
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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 ,,,,»^^^†&
##@&$†^»,,                  said -                  ,,»^†$&@##
@@&††»»,,,                                          ,,,»»††&@@
&&†»»,,,,,                ^  ^  ^  ^                ,,,,,»»†&&
#@&†^^^»,,                                          ,,»^^^†&@#
#&†^»,,,,, (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ,,,,,»^†&#
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##@&$†^»,, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ,,»^†$&@##
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