"Put it off for a few days?"
"Put it off for a few days?"
Child's Mom was surprised.
What did he mean?
"Since we're taking the child to see a doctor anyway..."
Child's Dad's thoughts cleared.
"Why don't we just keep her home for a few extra days?"
"She's only a little kid."
"Little kids forget things quickly."
"We'll tell Anna not to mention the shadow in front of her classmates..."
"Maybe..."
"By the time Anna goes back to school..."
"Her classmates will have mostly forgotten about it."
Sigh...
Child's Mom thought it over.
It was possible...
She nodded.
"Okay."
The next day, the child was unlike her usual self. She got up and washed up slowly, dawdling...
"Anna."
Child's Mom looked at her. "Are you feeling unwell?"
"Why are you so listless?"
The little girl with the mushroom haircut nodded, then shook her head.
"Are you really feeling unwell?"
Child's Mom immediately walked over to her.
She reached out and felt the child's forehead.
"Mom."
The little girl with the mushroom haircut looked a little embarrassed.
"I'm fine."
"If you're fine, why are you so low on energy?"
Child's Mom didn't believe her.
"If something's wrong, tell me right away."
"Don't try to tough it out."
The little girl with the mushroom haircut couldn't keep it from her anymore.
"Mom..."
The little girl with the mushroom haircut fidgeted with her fingers. "I..."
She swallowed.
"Today..."
The little girl with the mushroom haircut closed her eyes and finally said, "I don't want to go to kindergarten today."
She was afraid...
Afraid of going through what had happened yesterday all over again...
Everyone had said she was a bad girl who told lies...
Even Lulu wouldn't talk to her anymore...
She