,,,,-†¤&&& &&&¤†-,,,,
,^-:†¤&¶@# #@¶&¤†:-^,
,^-:†¤&¶@# #@¶&¤†:-^,
,^-:†¤¤&&& &&&¤¤†:-^,
,^-:†¤&¶@# #@¶&¤†:-^,
,^-:†¤&¶@# :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: #@¶&¤†:-^,
,^-:†¤&¶¶¶ ¶¶¶&¤†:-^,
,^-:†¤&&&& 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) #@¶&¤†:-^,
,^-:††¤¤¤& &¤¤¤††:-^,
,^-:†¤&¶@# :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: #@¶&¤†:-^,
,,^-::†¤¶@ @¶¤†::-^,,
,^-:†¤&¶## ##¶&¤†:-^,
,,,,^-††¤¶ ¶¤††-^,,,,
,^-:†¤¶@## ##@¶¤†:-^,
,^-:†¤&¶@# #@¶&¤†:-^,