¨,»:*%#@## ##@#%*:»,¨
¨¨,»:*%#@# #@#%*:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:*%#@ @#%*:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:*%#@# #@#%*:»,¨¨
¨,»:*%#@## ##@#%*:»,¨
¨¨,»:*%#@# :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: #@#%*:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:*%#@ @#%*:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:*%#@# 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) ##@#%*:»,¨
¨¨,»:*%#@# #@#%*:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:*%#@ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: @#%*:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:*%#@# #@#%*:»,¨¨
¨,»:*%#@## ##@#%*:»,¨
¨¨,»:*%#@# #@#%*:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:*%#@ @#%*:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:*%#@# #@#%*:»,¨¨