...~~~:$£#                                          #£$:~~~...
.^~::$$££#                                          #££$$::~^.
.^~$£@#@##                                          ##@#@£$~^.
.^~:$£@#@#                                          #@#@£$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@#                                          #@#@£$:~^.
......~:£@ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: @£:~......
.^~:$£@@##                                          ##@@£$:~^.
....^^~$@#          MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES          #@$~^^....
..^~::::$@                                          @$::::~^..
.^~:$£@#@#                :  :  :  :                #@#@£$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@#                                          #@#@£$:~^.
..^~~~~$@# IN THIS DREAM  I  WAS  A GIRL  OF  MAYBE #@$~~~~^..
....^^::£# 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 #@$$$::~^.
......^:$@ COOL,  SAYING  SOMETHING LIKE  "WHAT  DO @$:^......
..^^:$£@@# YOU THINK,  JUST  BECAUSE A GIRL  HAS  A #@@£$:^^..
.^~:$£@##@ FREAKY  DAD, SHE  DOESN'T  HAVE  TASTE?" @##@£$:~^.
....^~$@@@ BUT  MOUSE  GIRL  JUST  LAUGHED  AT  ME. @@@$~^....
.....^:$@@                                          @@$:^.....
.^~:$£@### SHE THEN TOOK ME  BY THE HAND AND LED ME ###@£$:~^.
...^^^::£@ OUT  A  SIDE  ROUTE   TO   A  CLOSED-OFF @£::^^^...
.....~:£@@ ROOFTOP WALKING GARDEN, FULL  OF JUNIPER @@£:~.....
.^~:$£@### AND THUJA.  IT WAS  A  LATE EVENING, AND ###@£$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@#     THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING     #@#@£$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@@ CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT  TURNED @@#@£$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@# OFF, BUT  WE  COULD STILL  SEE  OUR  WAY #@#@£$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@@ AROUND  BY THE LIGHT SHINING  DOWN  FROM @@#@£$:~^.
.^~:$££@@# THE  WINDOWS  OF  THE   HIGHER   FLOORS. #@@££$:~^.
.^~:$£@###                                          ###@£$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@# SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF  GRASS. I SAT #@#@£$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@# DOWN  ON  MY  KNEES,  AND  THEN  CRAWLED #@#@£$:~^.
..^^::$@@# CLOSER.  SHE  LAUGHED  AT ME AGAIN,  AND #@@$::^^..
.^~:$£@#@@                  SAID -                  @@#@£$:~^.
....~$$$$@                                          @$$$$~....
.^~:$£@@##                :  :  :  :                ##@@£$:~^.
.^~:$@#@##                                          ##@#@$:~^.
.^~:$£@#@@ (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) @@#@£$:~^.
......~$£@                                          @£$~......
.^~:$@#@## :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ##@#@$:~^.
...~~:$@@#                                          #@@$:~~...
.^~:$£@###                                          ###@£$:~^.
...~~:$$£@                                          @£$$:~~...
.....^:$@@                                          @@$:^.....
...^:$£££@                                          @£££$:^...