,.«:=$&@##                                          ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@#                                          #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##                                          ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@#                                          #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##                                          ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##                                          ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@#          MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES          #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##                                          ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@#                :  :  :  :                #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##                                          ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# IN  THIS  DREAM I  WAS  A  GIRL OF MAYBE #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## SIXTEEN  YEARS,  TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# A  HUGE  BATH  HOUSE  /  SPA  / HOTEL  / #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## SHOPPING CENTRE.     DAD  WAS  CONSTATLY ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# POINTING OUT HOT  GIRLS  TO ME. "YOU SEE #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##   THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING   ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# BEHIND  THE  CLOTHES  RACK?  OOF!"  HE'D #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## SAY.  HE  WAS  ALWAYS  VERY CREEPY ABOUT ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# THIS,   GOING    FOR   GIRLS   MY   AGE. #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##                                          ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# THIS NIGHT HE  HAD JUST TRIED  TO  WOO A #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## GIRL HE  CALLED A "MOUSE" BY  BUYING HER ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# SHOES,  BUT SHE  HAD  ACCEPTED THEM ONLY #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## TO RUN  AWAY  IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD. DAD ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# WAS  A   BIT  BUMMED   BUT  DROPPED   IT #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## QUICKLY. I  SAID  GOODNIGHT  TO HIM  AND ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@#       WENT LOOKING FOR THE MOUSE.        #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##                                          ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# THE  BUILDING WAS ENORMOUS AND MAZELIKE. #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## WALLS, FLOORS  AND PILLARS  WERE  SET IN ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# GREEN MARBLE.  THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE  RAN #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## A  MAIN  BOULEVARD,  WIDE AS  A  STREET, ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# FRAMED WITH  CLAY VASES DARK AS OBSIDIAN #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## AND  TALLER  THAN A PERSON. IN EACH VASE ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# WAS PLACED  UPRIGHT A  LEAF FROM  A PALM #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## TREE  OR  GIANT  FERN. THE BOULEVARD WAS ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# DIMLY LIT, WHICH  ALLOWED THE POOLS THAT #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##   WERE GENEROUSLY SPRINKLED THROUGHOUT   ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@#   EACH FLOOR WOULD REFLECT SUGGESTIVE    #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##          PATTERNS ON THE MARBLE.         ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@#                                          #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##                :  :  :  :                ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@#                                          #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## FOLLOWING THE  BOULEVARD,  TWO FLOORS UP ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# I  FOUND  HER  CRYING  BEHIND  TWO  FERN #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## VASES.  SHE  WAS  BEAUTIFUL,  AND  AS  I ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# APPROACHED, SHE LOOKED UP AND  SNIVELED. #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## IN  THE  NEAREST  VASE  SHE HAD  STUFFED ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@#              BOTH THE SHOES.             #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##                                          ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# I  TOLD HER TO  FOLLOW,  BUT  SHE DIDN'T #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## MOVE  OR  SPEAK.  SO  INSTEAD I  SAID TO ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# STAY THERE, AND RAN  TO GET HER A BETTER #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## PAIR OF SHOES THAT  SHE  WOULD  ACTUALLY ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# LIKE.  WHEN  I  RETURNED,  HAVING  SPENT #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## MORE THAN  I COULD  REALLY  AFFORD,  SHE ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# WAS VISIBLY  IMPRESSED. I TRIED TO SOUND #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## COOL,  SAYING SOMETHING  LIKE  "WHAT  DO ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# YOU THINK,  JUST BECAUSE  A GIRL  HAS  A #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## FREAKY DAD,  SHE  DOESN'T  HAVE  TASTE?" ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# BUT  MOUSE  GIRL  JUST  LAUGHED  AT  ME. #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##                                          ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# SHE THEN TOOK ME BY THE HAND  AND LED ME #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## OUT  A  SIDE  ROUTE   TO  A   CLOSED-OFF ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# ROOFTOP WALKING  GARDEN, FULL OF JUNIPER #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## AND  THUJA.  IT WAS A  LATE EVENING, AND ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@#     THE STARS WERE GLITTERING. BEING     #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## CLOSED, THE GARDEN HAD ITS  LIGHT TURNED ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# OFF,  BUT  WE COULD  STILL  SEE  OUR WAY #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## AROUND BY  THE  LIGHT SHINING  DOWN FROM ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# THE   WINDOWS  OF  THE  HIGHER   FLOORS. #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##                                          ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# SHE LAY DOWN IN A PATCH OF  GRASS. I SAT #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## DOWN  ON  MY  KNEES,  AND  THEN  CRAWLED ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@# CLOSER.  SHE LAUGHED AT  ME  AGAIN,  AND #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##                  SAID -                  ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@#                                          #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##                :  :  :  :                ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@#                                          #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## (HERE I AM AWAKENED BY THE MORNING CREW) ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@#                                          #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@## :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@#                                          #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##                                          ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@#                                          #@&$=:«.,,
,.«:=$&@##                                          ##@&$=:«.,
,,.«:=$&@#                                          #@&$=:«.,,