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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. ##....#...
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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. .....#....
....###..# ......#...
....#.##.. 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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