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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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,,#,##,,,, (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ,,,,#,,#,,
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