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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. #..#.##.#.
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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 #..#.##.#.
##.#.#.#.#                  SAID -                  #.##..#.#.
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##.#.#.#.#                =  =  =  =                #.##..#.#.
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##.#.#.#.# (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) #.##..#.#.
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