,,-^=§#@##                                          ##@#§=^-,,
,,,-^=§#@#                                          #@#§=^-,,,
,,-^=§#@##                                          ##@#§=^-,,
,,,-^=§#@#                                          #@#§=^-,,,
,,-^=§#@##                                          ##@#§=^-,,
,,,-^=§#@# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #@#§=^-,,,
,,-^=§#@##                                          ##@#§=^-,,
,,,-^=§#@#          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) ##@#§=^-,,
,,,-^=§#@#                                          #@#§=^-,,,
,,-^=§#@## ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ##@#§=^-,,
,,,-^=§#@#                                          #@#§=^-,,,
,,-^=§#@##                                          ##@#§=^-,,
,,,-^=§#@#                                          #@#§=^-,,,
,,-^=§#@##                                          ##@#§=^-,,
,,,-^=§#@#                                          #@#§=^-,,,