,,,,££,,£, ££,£,,,£,£
,,,£,£,£££ ,£££,,££££
,,£££££,,, £,,£,£,,,£
,£,,,,£,,, £,££££,,££
££,,,££,,£ ££,,,£,£,£
,£,,£,£,££ ======================================== ,£,,£££££,
££,£££££,, ££,£,,,,£,
,££,,,,£,, 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) ,,,£,,,,,£
,,,,,£,,£, ,,££,,,,£,
,,,,££,££, ======================================== ,£,£,,,££,
,,,£,££,££ ££££,,£,£,
,,£££,££,, ,,,£,££££,
,£,,££,£,, ,,£££,,,£,
££,£,£££,£ ,£,,£,,££,
,££££,,£££ ££,££,£,££