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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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,#,##,,#,, 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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