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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 #,,,,,,,,#
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