,^-†=$####                                          ####$=†-^,
,^-†=$#@##                                          ##@#$=†-^,
,^-†=$####                                          ####$=†-^,
,^-†=$#@@@                                          @@@#$=†-^,
,^-†=$###@                                          @###$=†-^,
,,,,,,^†$@ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† @$†^,,,,,,
,,,,--=$$#                                          #$$=--,,,,
,^-†=$#@##          Mouse girl Likes Shoes          ##@#$=†-^,
,^-†=#@###                                          ###@#=†-^,
,^-†=$#@##                †  †  †  †                ##@#$=†-^,
,^-†=$#@##                                          ##@#$=†-^,
,^-†=$#@## In This  Dream I  Was  A  Girl Of  Maybe ##@#$=†-^,
,,^--=$##@ Sixteen  Years, Together  With My Dad In @##$=--^,,
,^-=$#@### A  Huge Bath  House  /  Spa  /  Hotel  / ###@#$=-^,
,,,,-†=### 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 -                  #=-,,,,,,,
,^-†=$#@##                                          ##@#$=†-^,
,^-†=$#@##                †  †  †  †                ##@#$=†-^,
,^-†=$####                                          ####$=†-^,
,^-†=$#### (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) ####$=†-^,
,,,-†==$$@                                          @$$==†-,,,
,,,,,,^†$# †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† #$†^,,,,,,
,^-†===$@#                                          #@$===†-^,
,^-†=$#@@#                                          #@@#$=†-^,
,,,,,,^†$@                                          @$†^,,,,,,
,^-†=$#@##                                          ##@#$=†-^,
,^-†=$#@@#                                          #@@#$=†-^,