s fur standing on end. It I. couldnt. Finally, it started racing around and around tree, just like tiger in Little Black Sambo. t screeco an abrupt and scrambled up tree to t branc make out its little face opmost branc ill excited and tense. It at somets name, but it acted like it didnt ;
quot; s name?quot; Izumi asked.
quot;I forget,quot; I told ;Gradually, evening came on, and it greed for a long time for t to climb do got pitc again.quot;
quot;ts not so unusual,quot; Izumi said. quot;Cats often disappear like t. Especially overexcited and t remember o get must ree and gone off somec;
quot;I suppose,quot; I said. quot;But I ill a kid tive t t o live up in tree. to be some reason t it couldnt come do on t tree, o see t peeking out bet;
Izumi seemed to interest. S me.
quot;Do you t your cime?quot; She asked.
I o respond. quot;Sometimes I do,quot; I said ly. quot;But not all time. Occasionally somet;
quot;Dont you to see ;
quot;Sometime I do,quot; I said. But t t t t o feel. est t e, Id alo my sons room first, to see imes I o squeeze break. No ions -- existed in a distant land. All I could recal1 y o take bative skin, so my a special bar of soap just for my o soap.
quot;If you to go back to Japan, dont let me stop you,quot; lzumi said, quot;Dont me. Id manage some;
I nodded. But I kne it going to happen.
quot;I ;Like you ;
I laug;Maybe so,quot; I said.
Izumi crus te in tray and sig;Lets go ?quot; she said.
quot;Its still morningquot;, I said.
quot;s ?quot;
quot;Not a t; I said.
Later, t my c to ty; I fumbled for tc on, and gazed around t as if someone olen in dust all around. t Sa1em butts ray, a balled-up empty cigarette pack beside t out of bed and looked out at t t in tc at t yard. Just a pair of vinyl lounge c moonlig;Izumi,quot; I called out in a small voice. Not again, time more loudly. My pounded. as t sounded too l