,,,=^^^$§@ @§$^^^=,,,
,-=^^$#@## ##@#$^^=-,
,,,,,,=^§§ §§^=,,,,,,
,,--=^^$#@ @#$^^=--,,
,-=^^$$$$§ §$$$$^^=-,
,,,--^^^^§ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ §^^^^--,,,
,,,,=^^$#@ @#$^^=,,,,
,-=^^$§#@# MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES #@#§$^^=-,
,,,,=^^^$§ §$^^^=,,,,
,-=^^$§#@@ ^ ^ ^ ^ @@#§$^^=-,
,-=^^$§§§# #§§§$^^=-,
,-=^^$§@## IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE ##@§$^^=-,
,,,,,,-^^§ SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN §^^-,,,,,,
,,,-=^$$§# 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) #$$^===-,,
,,,,-^^$§# #§$^^-,,,,
,-=^^$§#@# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #@#§$^^=-,
-=^^$§#@## ##@#§$^^=-
,-=^^$§#@# #@#§$^^=-,
,-=^^^^^§§ §§^^^^^=-,
,-=^^$§§§§ §§§§$^^=-,
,-=^^$§@## ##@§$^^=-,