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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.             ,,#,,,###,
,,,###,,#,                                          #,,#,,#,##
#,,#,##,,, 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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