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