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¨-«**^^^^&          mouse girl likes shoes          &^^^^**«-¨
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¨-«*^§&¶##                *  *  *  *                ##¶&§^*«-¨
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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.         ###¶&^*«-¨
¨¨¨«««^§¶¶                                          ¶¶§^«««¨¨¨
¨-«*^&¶###                *  *  *  *                ###¶&^*«-¨
¨¨¨¨«**§¶¶                                          ¶¶§**«¨¨¨¨
¨-«*^§&¶## 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. ##¶&§^*«-¨
¨-«*^§&###                                          ###&§^*«-¨
¨-««««^§§& 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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¨-«*^§&¶## **************************************** ##¶&§^*«-¨
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