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#.#.#.#.#. Mouse girl Likes Shoes #.#.#.##.#
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#.#.#.#.#. † † † † #.#.#.##.#
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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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#.#.#.#.#. † † † † #.#.#..#..
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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 #.#.#.##.#
#.#.#.#.#. Said - #.#.#..#..
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#.#.#.#.#. (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) #.#.#..#..
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