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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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