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