,,^»:$#@## ##@#$:»^,,
,^»:$#@### ###@#$:»^,
,,^»:$#@## ##@#$:»^,,
,,,^»:$#@# #@#$:»^,,,
,,,,^»:$#@ @#$:»^,,,,
,,,,,^»:$# :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: #$:»^,,,,,
,,,,,,^»:$ $:»^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^»: MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES :»^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^» »^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,^ : : : : ^,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,^» »^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^»: IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE :»^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^»:$ 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) ##@#$:»^,,
,^»:$#@### ###@#$:»^,
,,^»:$#@## :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ##@#$:»^,,
,,,^»:$#@# #@#$:»^,,,
,,,,^»:$#@ @#$:»^,,,,
,,,,,^»:$# #$:»^,,,,,
,,,,,,^»:$ $:»^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^»: :»^,,,,,,,