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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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,,,,,#,,## 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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