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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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