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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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