,-~*%*§@@#                                          #@@§*%*~-,
,,-~*%*§@@                                          @@§*%*~-,,
,-~*%*§@@#                                          #@@§*%*~-,
,,-~*%*§@@                                          @@§*%*~-,,
,-~*%*§@@#                                          #@@§*%*~-,
,,-~*%*§@@ **************************************** @@§*%*~-,,
,-~*%*§@@#                                          #@@§*%*~-,
,,-~*%*§@@          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) #@@§*%*~-,
,,-~*%*§@@                                          @@§*%*~-,,
,-~*%*§@@# **************************************** #@@§*%*~-,
,,-~*%*§@@                                          @@§*%*~-,,
,-~*%*§@@#                                          #@@§*%*~-,
,,-~*%*§@@                                          @@§*%*~-,,
,-~*%*§@@#                                          #@@§*%*~-,
,,-~*%*§@@                                          @@§*%*~-,,