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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 #.#.#.#.##
.##.#.#.#. SAID - #.#.#.#..#
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