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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.             ¤^†,......
.,=†^$¤###                                          ###¤$^†=,.
.,=†^$¤### i  told her  to follow, but  she  didn't ###¤$^†=,.
.,=†^$¤### move or  speak. so  instead  i  said  to ###¤$^†=,.
.,=†^$¤### stay  there, and ran to get her a better ###¤$^†=,.
.,=†^$#### pair  of  shoes that  she would actually ####$^†=,.
.,===††^¤# 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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.,=†^$¤### she then took me by  the hand and led me ###¤$^†=,.
.,=†^$¤### out  a   side  route   to  a  closed-off ###¤$^†=,.
.,=†^$¤### rooftop walking garden,  full of juniper ###¤$^†=,.
.,=†^$¤### and  thuja. it was a late  evening,  and ###¤$^†=,.
...,=†$¤¤#     the stars were glittering. being     #¤¤$†=,...
.,=†^$¤### closed, the garden  had its light turned ###¤$^†=,.
.,=†^$¤### off,  but we  could  still  see  our way ###¤$^†=,.
.,=†^$¤### around  by  the light shining  down from ###¤$^†=,.
.,†^$¤#### the  windows  of   the   higher  floors. ####¤$^†,.
.,=†^$¤###                                          ###¤$^†=,.
.,=†^$¤### she lay down in a patch of grass.  i sat ###¤$^†=,.
.,=†^$¤### down  on  my  knees,  and  then  crawled ###¤$^†=,.
.,=†^$¤### closer.  she  laughed at  me  again, and ###¤$^†=,.
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...,,=†$$¤ (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ¤$$†=,,...
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