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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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#¨#¨#¨#¨¨# ; ; ; ; #¨#¨##¨#¨¨
#¨#¨#¨#¨## #¨#¨¨#¨#¨#
#¨#¨#¨#¨¨# 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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