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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 ,##,,#####
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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 #########,
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,,,,,,,,## 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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