,:~~~~/%%# #%%/~~~~:,
,:~/%¤#### ####¤%/~:,
,:~/%¤#### ####¤%/~:,
,:~/%¤#### ####¤%/~:,
,,,,:/%¤## ##¤%/:,,,,
,,,,:/¤### //////////////////////////////////////// ###¤/:,,,,
,:~/¤##### #####¤/~:,
,:~/%¤#### 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) ####¤%/~:,
,:~/%¤#### ####¤%/~:,
,,,,:~%### //////////////////////////////////////// ###%~:,,,,
,:~/%¤#### ####¤%/~:,
,:~/%¤#### ####¤%/~:,
,,,,,:~%¤# #¤%~:,,,,,
,,,~/%%¤## ##¤%%/~,,,
,:~//%%¤## ##¤%%//~:,