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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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