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