,,,,-^*§@@                                          @@§*^-,,,,
,---^^^§§#                                          #§§^^^---,
,,,,,-^^*#                                          #*^^-,,,,,
,--^*§#@##                                          ##@#§*^--,
,--^*§#@@@                                          @@@#§*^--,
,,,,,,-^§# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #§^-,,,,,,
,--^*§@###                                          ###@§*^--,
,,,,,--*§@          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) ##@#§*^--,
,--^^^*###                                          ###*^^^--,
,--^*§#@## ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ##@#§*^--,
,--^*§#@##                                          ##@#§*^--,
,--^*§####                                          ####§*^--,
,--^*§#@##                                          ##@#§*^--,
,--^*§#@##                                          ##@#§*^--,
,,,,,-^^*#                                          #*^^-,,,,,