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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 ###@£†^~,,
,,~^†$£### and taller  than a person. in each  vase ###£$†^~,,
,,~^††$$£# was  placed  upright a leaf  from a palm #£$$††^~,,
,,~^†$£@## tree or giant  fern. the  boulevard  was ##@£$†^~,,
,,~^†$£### dimly lit, which  allowed the pools that ###£$†^~,,
,,,,,^$£££   were generously sprinkled throughout   £££$^,,,,,
,,~^†$£@##   each floor would reflect suggestive    ##@£$†^~,,
,,~^†$£@##         patterns on the marble.          ##@£$†^~,,
,,~^†$£@##                                          ##@£$†^~,,
,,,,,,,^$@                ^  ^  ^  ^                @$^,,,,,,,
,,~^†$££@#                                          #@££$†^~,,
,,,~^^$££# following the boulevard,  two floors  up #££$^^~,,,
,,~^††$$£@ i  found  her  crying  behind  two  fern @£$$††^~,,
,,~^†$£@## vases.  she  was  beautiful,  and  as  i ##@£$†^~,,
,,,,,~^†££ 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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,,,,^^†£@# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #@£†^^,,,,
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