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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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§§§,,,,,,, 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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