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