¨¨,»:$%§@#                                          #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@##                                          ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#                                          #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@                                          @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#                                          #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@## :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#                                          #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@          MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES          @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#                                          #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@##                :  :  :  :                ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#                                          #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@ IN THIS  DREAM  I  WAS A  GIRL  OF MAYBE @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY  DAD  IN #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@## A  HUGE  BATH  HOUSE  /  SPA /  HOTEL  / ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# SHOPPING CENTRE.       DAD WAS CONSTATLY #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@ POINTING  OUT  HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#   THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING   #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@## BEHIND  THE  CLOTHES  RACK?  OOF!"  HE'D ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# SAY.  HE  WAS  ALWAYS VERY CREEPY  ABOUT #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@ THIS,   GOING   FOR    GIRLS   MY   AGE. @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#                                          #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@## THIS  NIGHT HE HAD  JUST TRIED  TO WOO A ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# GIRL HE CALLED A  "MOUSE" BY  BUYING HER #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@ SHOES, BUT  SHE  HAD  ACCEPTED THEM ONLY @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# TO RUN  AWAY  IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@## WAS   A  BIT  BUMMED   BUT  DROPPED   IT ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# QUICKLY.  I  SAID  GOODNIGHT  TO HIM AND #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@        WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE.       @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#                                          #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@## THE BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND  MAZELIKE. ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# WALLS,  FLOORS AND  PILLARS  WERE SET IN #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@ GREEN  MARBLE.  THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE RAN @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# A MAIN  BOULEVARD,  WIDE  AS  A  STREET, #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@## FRAMED WITH CLAY VASES DARK AS  OBSIDIAN ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# AND TALLER  THAN A  PERSON. IN EACH VASE #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@ WAS PLACED UPRIGHT  A  LEAF FROM  A PALM @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# TREE  OR GIANT FERN. THE  BOULEVARD  WAS #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@## DIMLY LIT,  WHICH ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#   WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT   #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@   EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE    @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#          PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE.         #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@##                                          ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#                :  :  :  :                #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@                                          @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# FOLLOWING THE BOULEVARD, TWO  FLOORS  UP #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@## I  FOUND  HER  CRYING  BEHIND  TWO  FERN ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# VASES.  SHE  WAS  BEAUTIFUL,  AND  AS  I #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@ APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP  AND SNIVELED. @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# IN  THE  NEAREST  VASE  SHE  HAD STUFFED #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@##             BOTH THE SHOES.              ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#                                          #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@ I  TOLD  HER  TO FOLLOW,  BUT SHE DIDN'T @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# MOVE OR  SPEAK. SO  INSTEAD  I  SAID  TO #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@## STAY THERE, AND RAN TO GET  HER A BETTER ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# PAIR OF SHOES  THAT  SHE  WOULD ACTUALLY #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@ LIKE.  WHEN  I  RETURNED,  HAVING  SPENT @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# MORE THAN  I  COULD  REALLY AFFORD,  SHE #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@## WAS  VISIBLY IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# COOL,  SAYING  SOMETHING LIKE  "WHAT  DO #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@ YOU THINK,  JUST  BECAUSE  A GIRL  HAS A @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# FREAKY  DAD,  SHE  DOESN'T  HAVE TASTE?" #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@## BUT  MOUSE  GIRL  JUST  LAUGHED  AT  ME. ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#                                          #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@ SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE  HAND AND LED ME @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# OUT  A  SIDE  ROUTE   TO  A   CLOSED-OFF #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@## ROOFTOP WALKING  GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# AND  THUJA.  IT WAS  A LATE EVENING, AND #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@     THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING     @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS LIGHT  TURNED #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@## OFF,  BUT WE  COULD STILL  SEE  OUR  WAY ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# AROUND  BY THE LIGHT  SHINING DOWN  FROM #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@ THE   WINDOWS  OF  THE  HIGHER   FLOORS. @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#                                          #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@## SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF GRASS.  I SAT ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# DOWN  ON  MY  KNEES,  AND  THEN  CRAWLED #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@ CLOSER.  SHE  LAUGHED AT  ME  AGAIN, AND @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#                  SAID -                  #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@##                                          ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#                :  :  :  :                #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@                                          @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@##                                          ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@# :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@                                          @§%$:»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#                                          #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨,»:$%§@##                                          ##@§%$:»,¨
¨¨,»:$%§@#                                          #@§%$:»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»:$%§@                                          @§%$:»,¨¨¨