,^-*=&@@##                                          ##@@&=*-^,
,,,^^-*=@#                                          #@=*-^^,,,
,,^^--*=@#                                          #@=*--^^,,
,^-*=&@###                                          ###@&=*-^,
,^-*=&@#@#                                          #@#@&=*-^,
,^-*=&@#@# **************************************** #@#@&=*-^,
,^-*=&@#@#                                          #@#@&=*-^,
,,,^*==&@@          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) #&*-^,,,,,
,^-*=&@#@#                                          #@#@&=*-^,
,,,,^^-=@# **************************************** #@=-^^,,,,
,^-*=&@#@#                                          #@#@&=*-^,
,^-*=&@#@#                                          #@#@&=*-^,
,^-*=&@###                                          ###@&=*-^,
,,,,,^*=&@                                          @&=*^,,,,,
,^-*=&@#@#                                          #@#@&=*-^,