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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. ¶§£*:«,,,,
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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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