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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. ,##,,#,,,,
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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 ,,,,#,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ##,,#,,,,#
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