:-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-:
-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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) ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-
:-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-:
$:-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-:$
£$:-:¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨:-:$£
&£$:-:¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨:-:$£&