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