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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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