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#,##,#,,#, **************************************** #,#,#,##,,
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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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