,~«:*&&@@# #@@&&*:«~,
,,,~:**&&@ @&&**:~,,,
,,,~«:*&&& &&&*:«~,,,
,~«:*&&@@# #@@&&*:«~,
,~«:*&&&@@ @@&&&*:«~,
,,,,~:*&&@ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: @&&*:~,,,,
,~«:*&&@@# #@@&&*:«~,
,~«:*&&@@# MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES #@@&&*:«~,
,~«:*&&@@# #@@&&*:«~,
,,~~~«*&@@ : : : : @@&*«~~~,,
,,,,~««:*& &*:««~,,,,
,~«:*&@@## 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. ##@&&*:«~,
,,,,,~«:&@ @&:«~,,,,,
,,~~~~:*&& 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. @@&&:~,,,,
,~«:*&&@@# #@@&&*:«~,
,,,,,«*&@@ 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. @&**::««~,
,,,,«***&& &&***«,,,,
,~«:*&&@@# : : : : #@@&&*:«~,
,~«:*&&@@@ @@@&&*:«~,
,~«:*&&@@# 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. #@@&&*:«~,
,~«:*&&@@@ @@@&&*:«~,
,,,,,«*&@@ 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. ##@&&*:«~,
,~«:*&@@## ##@@&*:«~,
,~«:*&&@## 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 - #@@&&*:«~,
,~«:*&&@@# #@@&&*:«~,
,~«:*&&@@@ : : : : @@@&&*:«~,
,~«:*&&@@# #@@&&*:«~,
,~«:*&&@@# (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) #@@&&*:«~,
,~«:*&&@## ##@&&*:«~,
,,,,~«:*&@ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: @&*:«~,,,,
,~«:*&&@## ##@&&*:«~,
,,~««:*&&& &&&*:««~,,
,~«:*&&@@# #@@&&*:«~,
,~«:*&&@## ##@&&*:«~,
,~«:*&&@@@ @@@&&*:«~,