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###,,,,,,# †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ,,,,,#,,,,
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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. #,,,,,###,
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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 ###,,,,,,,
,,,,#,,,#,                  said -                  #,##,,,,,,
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,,,,,,#,,,                †  †  †  †                ,,#,##,,,,
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,,,,,,,,#, (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ,,,,#,##,,
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