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