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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. ##£§%§\»~,
,~»\§%§£##                                          ##£§%§\»~,
,~»\§%§£## 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. #§%\~~,,,,
,~»\§%§££#                                          #££§%§\»~,
,,,~\\\%§£ 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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