Scared, she heard the steps getting closer, and could see a light from a lantern bobbing up and down with each step. When the other shoe stepped into the clearing she let out a gasp of astonishment at the sight of little shoe staring at her from her sleepingbag!

"Who are you? We haven't met, have we? I thought i knew most of the shoes around here..."

Little shoe introduced herself politely and the other shoe, very taken by her manner, sat down beside her. She had come back to the clearing to find a very special lace she believed she had lost there earlier and was feeling quite distracted. She told little shoe what had happened and was delighted when little shoe offered to help find it!

What fun they had... soon the search for the special lace and had turned into a game of hide and seek in the clearing, made magical by the light glowing from the shoe's lantern. Soon, however, they both tired of the game and just as they were sitting down and catching their breath they saw the special lace peeping from underneath little shoe's sleeping bag! What luck!

The shoe begged little shoe to come back to her place where the shoe community were gathering for a party. She really wanted to introduce her new friend to all the others, certain they would think she was just as delightful as she did herself. Agreeing, hesitantly, little shoe walked back along the path with the other shoe, the lantern lighting their way.

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Next???

ali,

enid blyton feet :)

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Permission granted to any insane, creative shoes who would like to
continue the Little Shoe's saga.