,,,^~†%£§@                                          @§£%†~^,,,
,,^~†%£§@#                                          #@§£%†~^,,
,^~†%£§@##                                          ##@§£%†~^,
,,^~†%£§@#                                          #@§£%†~^,,
,,,^~†%£§@                                          @§£%†~^,,,
,,,,^~†%£§ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† §£%†~^,,,,
,,,,,^~†%£                                          £%†~^,,,,,
,,,,^~†%£§          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 -                  @§£%†~^,,,
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,,,,,^~†%£                †  †  †  †                £%†~^,,,,,
,,,,^~†%£§                                          §£%†~^,,,,
,,,^~†%£§@ (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) @§£%†~^,,,
,,^~†%£§@#                                          #@§£%†~^,,
,^~†%£§@## †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ##@§£%†~^,
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