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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 ,#,,,,##,,
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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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,,##,#,,,# 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 ,###,#,###
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#,##,,,,,, 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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