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¶¶¶&*%:=^,          mouse girl likes shoes          ,^=:%*&¶¶¶
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##¶&*%:=^,                :  :  :  :                ,^=:%*&¶##
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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.       ,,,^::%*&¶
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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. ,^=:%*&¶##
##¶&*%:=^,                                          ,^=:%*&¶##
&&***%:=^, 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 ,,,,,^=:*¶
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&&&&*%:=^,                :  :  :  :                ,^=:%*&&&&
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###¶&*%=^, (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ,^=%*&¶###
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