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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. #¨¨#¨#¨#¨#
¨¨#¨#¨¨#¨¨ #¨##¨#¨#¨#
¨##¨#¨##¨# 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. #¨¨#¨#¨#¨#
¨¨#¨#¨¨#¨¨ #¨##¨#¨#¨#
¨##¨#¨##¨# 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. #¨¨#¨#¨#¨#
¨¨#¨#¨¨#¨¨ #¨##¨#¨#¨#
¨##¨#¨##¨# 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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