Inhaling the cold air of a winter morning, you reluctantly shuffled to school along the village road. You were very nervous since it was the first time you were going to a new school after moving that it put a lot of pressure on you.

suddenly, your attention was attracted by a hunched figure sitting under a lantern post, making some slurping sounds. Squinting your eyes, you could see... A fox face?

The figure, noticing you, raised its head, looking at you through the slits of the mask, and then slowly stood up in a threatening pose, slowly approaching

"What are you staring at?"

asks a voice that sounded more like a clear, girlish voice.

"Have you ever seen a fox feed a dog?"

indeed. A small mongrel ran out from behind the girl in a fox mask and barked something