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