He lit a lamp by the door... [Miyabi holds her hands together, channeling Eferin's power to form a very small flame in the middle of them, just for a minute, before it flickers out. She shakes the smoke from her palms and continues.] Then he saw something that made him clap! All around the big room were folding screens with empty rice-paper panels! Joji got out his writing box and made some ink. Then, he dipped in his brush and started to draw. And what Joji drew was just one thing.
...Cats. Cats, cats, and more cats. Small cats, big cats, thin cats, fat cats. Cats, cats, cats, cats, cats! [She shakes her head from side to side as she sings that little part, kicking her legs back and forth.] The screen he drew on last was almost as long as the room. Joji covered it with one gigantic cat — the biggest and most beautiful cat he had ever drawn! Now, Joji was tired... He started to lie down, but something about the big room bothered him.
“I’ll find someplace smaller,” he thought aloud. He found a cozy closet and settled inside. Then he slid shut the panel door and went to sleep.
However, late that night, Joji awoke in fright.
[Miyabi drops her voice, then her eyebrow furrow together as she holds her hands up like claws, gnashing her teeth together and growling.] Rrrrrrr...! It sounded like a large, fierce animal in the temple! Now Joji knew why no one was there - he wished he wasn’t there either! He heard the thing sniff around the big room. It halted right in front of the closet. Then all at once...
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...Cats. Cats, cats, and more cats. Small cats, big cats, thin cats, fat cats. Cats, cats, cats, cats, cats! [She shakes her head from side to side as she sings that little part, kicking her legs back and forth.] The screen he drew on last was almost as long as the room. Joji covered it with one gigantic cat — the biggest and most beautiful cat he had ever drawn!
Now, Joji was tired... He started to lie down, but something about the big room bothered him.
“I’ll find someplace smaller,” he thought aloud. He found a cozy closet and settled inside. Then he slid shut the panel door and went to sleep.
However, late that night, Joji awoke in fright.
[Miyabi drops her voice, then her eyebrow furrow together as she holds her hands up like claws, gnashing her teeth together and growling.] Rrrrrrr...! It sounded like a large, fierce animal in the temple! Now Joji knew why no one was there - he wished he wasn’t there either! He heard the thing sniff around the big room. It halted right in front of the closet. Then all at once...