,-~\$&¤¶## ##¶¤&$\~-,
,,,-\$$¤¤¶ ¶¤¤$$\-,,,
,-~\$&¤¶## ##¶¤&$\~-,
,--~\\\&¤# #¤&\\\~--,
,,,,-~$$&¶ ¶&$$~-,,,,
,-~\$&¤¶## \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ##¶¤&$\~-,
,-~\$&¤### ###¤&$\~-,
,,,,-~~$&¤ MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES ¤&$~~-,,,,
,,,,,-\$¤¶ ¶¤$\-,,,,,
,,,,,,-\&¶ \ \ \ \ ¶&\-,,,,,,
,,,,~\&&¤¶ ¶¤&&\~,,,,
,-~\$&¤¶## IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE ##¶¤&$\~-,
,,,--\\$¤# SIXTEEN YEARS, TOGETHER WITH MY DAD IN #¤$\\--,,,
,-~\$&¤¶## A HUGE BATH HOUSE / SPA / HOTEL / ##¶¤&$\~-,
,-~\$&¤¶## SHOPPING CENTRE. DAD WAS CONSTATLY ##¶¤&$\~-,
,,,-\\$&&¶ POINTING OUT HOT GIRLS TO ME. "YOU SEE ¶&&$\\-,,,
,-~\$&¤### THAT BLACK-HAIRED THING DISSAPEARING ###¤&$\~-,
,-~\$&¤¶¶# BEHIND THE CLOTHES RACK? OOF!" HE'D #¶¶¤&$\~-,
,-~\$&¶### SAY. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY CREEPY ABOUT ###¶&$\~-,
,-~\$&¤¶## THIS, GOING FOR GIRLS MY AGE. ##¶¤&$\~-,
,-~\$¤¶### ###¶¤$\~-,
,-~\$&&&¶¶ THIS NIGHT HE HAD JUST TRIED TO WOO A ¶¶&&&$\~-,
,,-~\\$$&¶ 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) ##¶¤&$\~-,
,,,~~\\\$¤ ¤$\\\~~,,,
,-~\$&¤¶## \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ##¶¤&$\~-,
,-~\$&¤¶## ##¶¤&$\~-,
,,,,-~\&¤¶ ¶¤&\~-,,,,
,,,,,,,~$¤ ¤$~,,,,,,,
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