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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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..,,==$@@@ she lay down  in a patch of grass. i sat @@@$==,,..
.,=†$£@### down  on  my  knees,  and  then  crawled ###@£$†=,.
....,==$@@ closer. she  laughed  at me  again,  and @@$==,....
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