,,,,:»\$&§ §&$\»:,,,,
,,,,,:»\$& &$\»:,,,,,
,,,,,,:»\$ $\»:,,,,,,
,,,,,:»\$& &$\»:,,,,,
,,,,:»\$&§ §&$\»:,,,,
,,,:»\$&§# \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ #§&$\»:,,,
,,:»\$&§## ##§&$\»:,,
,:»\$&§### MOUSE GIRL LIKES SHOES ###§&$\»:,
,,:»\$&§## ##§&$\»:,,
,,,:»\$&§# \ \ \ \ #§&$\»:,,,
,,,,:»\$&§ §&$\»:,,,,
,,,,,:»\$& IN THIS DREAM I WAS A GIRL OF MAYBE &$\»:,,,,,
,,,,,,:»\$ 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) §&$\»:,,,,
,,,,,:»\$& &$\»:,,,,,
,,,,,,:»\$ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ $\»:,,,,,,
,,,,,:»\$& &$\»:,,,,,
,,,,:»\$&§ §&$\»:,,,,
,,,:»\$&§# #§&$\»:,,,
,,:»\$&§## ##§&$\»:,,
,:»\$&§### ###§&$\»:,