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