....~~=*$@                                          @$*=~~....
.~=*$$&@##                                          ##@&$$*=~.
.~=*$&@###                                          ###@&$*=~.
.~=*$$$&&@                                          @&&$$$*=~.
.~=*$$&@##                                          ##@&$$*=~.
.......=$& **************************************** &$=.......
.~=*$$&@##                                          ##@&$$*=~.
.~=*$$&@##          Mouse girl Likes Shoes          ##@&$$*=~.
....=**$$&                                          &$$**=....
.~=*$$&@##                *  *  *  *                ##@&$$*=~.
....~*$$$&                                          &$$$*~....
.~=***$$&& In This  Dream  I  Was  A  Girl Of Maybe &&$$***=~.
.....=$&@# Sixteen Years,  Together With My Dad  In #@&$=.....
.~=*$$&@## A  Huge  Bath  House  / Spa  /  Hotel  / ##@&$$*=~.
.~=*****$& Shopping centre.       Dad Was Constatly &$*****=~.
...==*$&&@ Pointing Out Hot Girls To  Me.  "You See @&&$*==...
.~=*$$&@##   That Black-Haired Thing Dissapearing   ##@&$$*=~.
.~=*$$&@## Behind  The  Clothes  Rack?  Oof!"  He'D ##@&$$*=~.
.~=*$$&@## Say. He  Was Always  Very  Creepy  About ##@&$$*=~.
....=$$$&@ This,    Going   For   Girls   My   Age. @&$$$=....
.....~*$@@                                          @@$*~.....
....~=*$$& This  Night He Had Just  Tried To  Woo A &$$*=~....
.....~~*$& Girl He Called  A "Mouse"  By Buying Her &$*~~.....
.~=*$$&@## Shoes,  But She Had  Accepted Them  Only ##@&$$*=~.
.....~~*$@ To Run Away  Immediately Afterward.  Dad @$*~~.....
.~=*$$$$@# Was  A  Bit   Bummed   But   Dropped  It #@$$$$*=~.
....~=$$&& 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) ##@&$$*=~.
.~=*$$&@##                                          ##@&$$*=~.
.~=*$$&@## **************************************** ##@&$$*=~.
.....~~*$&                                          &$*~~.....
.~=**$$$&#                                          #&$$$**=~.
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.~=*$$&@##                                          ##@&$$*=~.
..~=*$$$@@                                          @@$$$*=~..