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#¶#&†;-~,,                                          ,,~-;†&#¶#
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#¶#&†;-~,, ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ,,~-;†&#¶#
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#¶#&†;-~,,          mouse girl likes shoes          ,,~-;†&#¶#
##¶#&†;-~,                                          ,~-;†&#¶##
#¶#&†;-~,,                ;  ;  ;  ;                ,,~-;†&#¶#
##¶#&†;-~,                                          ,~-;†&#¶##
#¶#&†;-~,, 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.         ,~-;†&#¶##
#¶#&†;-~,,                                          ,,~-;†&#¶#
##¶#&†;-~,                ;  ;  ;  ;                ,~-;†&#¶##
#¶#&†;-~,,                                          ,,~-;†&#¶#
##¶#&†;-~, 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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