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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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,,,,##,,,, 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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