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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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,,,###,,#,                /  /  /  /                #,,,#,,#,,
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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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#,,#,,#,## (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ,###,,,,,,
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