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Rated: ASR · Book · Comedy · #2313753

another trip down the rabbit hole...

#1066024 added March 10, 2024 at 8:40pm
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E2 "The Cheshire Cat"
I pocketed the invitation and began to question how I would retrace a path I hadn't taken yet.

"You could walk backwards," A disembodied voice stated from somewhere up in a tree.

"Are you a mind reader?" I asked the air.

"Why, do you mind if I read?"

"No, but I would like to know where the suggestion came from."

A disembodied smile appeared hovering over a tree branch. It was enough to answer my question. This creature I knew of; the Cheshire cat. "I read your invitation... though you may not think so the directions are quite precise. Plus, you aren't the first I have sent on their way."

"So I should travel backwards?"

"The footprints will look correct..." The smile curled up wider, and the rest of the cat materialized.

I began walking away from the cat backwards. I tripped a bit before I thought to look behind me as I walked. I glanced back at the tree the cat had faded away to just a smile again. For some reason I just am not sure how much I can trust someone with the grin of a Cheshire Cat.

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