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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. ##,,,,,,,#
#,,,#,,#,,                                          ###,,,,,,,
,#,,,#,,#, 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. ,#,,,,,###
#,,,###,,#                                          ,,#,,,,#,#
##,,#,##,, 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. ,,,#,,#,,,
,,#,,,,#,#                                          #,,,#,,#,,
,,,#,,,,,# 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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