,,=*%¤@@##                                          ##@@¤%*=,,
,,=*%$¤@@#                                          #@@¤$%*=,,
,,=*%$¤@@#                                          #@@¤$%*=,,
,,=*%$¤¤¤@                                          @¤¤¤$%*=,,
,,=*%$¤@@#                                          #@@¤$%*=,,
,,=*%$¤@@# **************************************** #@@¤$%*=,,
,,=*%$¤@@#                                          #@@¤$%*=,,
,,=*%%%¤¤@          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 ##@@¤%*=,,
,,=*%$¤@##                  Said -                  ##@¤$%*=,,
,,,,,=%¤@@                                          @@¤%=,,,,,
,,,,,=%$@@                *  *  *  *                @@$%=,,,,,
,,,,,,=%$@                                          @$%=,,,,,,
,,=*%$¤@@# (Here I Am Awakened By The Morning Crew) #@@¤$%*=,,
,,=*%$¤@@#                                          #@@¤$%*=,,
,,=*%$¤@@# **************************************** #@@¤$%*=,,
,,=*%$¤@@#                                          #@@¤$%*=,,
,,,,,,,=%¤                                          ¤%=,,,,,,,
,,=*%$¤@@#                                          #@@¤$%*=,,
,,=*%$¤@@#                                          #@@¤$%*=,,
,,=*%$¤@@#                                          #@@¤$%*=,,