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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 ,#,##,#,#,
#,#,,#,#,# SAID - ,#,,#,#,#,
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