,.-*%$&@@# #@@&$%*-.,
,.-*%$&@@# #@@&$%*-.,
,.-*%$&@@# #@@&$%*-.,
,.-*%$&@@# #@@&$%*-.,
,,,---**$& &$**---,,,
,.-*%&@@## **************************************** ##@@&%*-.,
,,,,,-%&&& &&&%-,,,,,
,.-*%$&&&@ mouse girl likes shoes @&&&$%*-.,
,,,,,.-%$@ @$%-.,,,,,
,.-*%$&@@# * * * * #@@&$%*-.,
,.-*%$&@@@ @@@&$%*-.,
,,,,----%& 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 - &&%**..,,,
,.-*%$&@@@ @@@&$%*-.,
,.-**%%$$@ * * * * @$$%%**-.,
,,,,-%%$$@ @$$%%-,,,,
,.-*%$@@## (here i am awakened by the morning crew) ##@@$%*-.,
,.-***%%$@ @$%%***-.,
,,,,.--*$@ **************************************** @$*--.,,,,
,.*%$&@@## ##@@&$%*.,
,.-*%%$&&@ @&&$%%*-.,
,.-*%$&@@@ @@@&$%*-.,
,.-*%$&@@@ @@@&$%*-.,
,.-*%$&@@@ @@@&$%*-.,