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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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