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