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,,#,#,#,,# //////////////////////////////////////// #,#,,#,#,#
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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. #,#,,#,#,#
,##,#,#,## #,#,##,#,#
,,#,#,#,,# 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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,##,#,#,## //////////////////////////////////////// #,#,##,#,#
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