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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 ,#,##,##,,
#,#,#,#,#, SAID - ,#,,#,,#,#
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