When he stood and marched into the crowd, Vaasi-Vee groaned and got to her paws.
“The D’dôdô-Sette!” she cried, pushing past animals also. “The D’dôdô-Sette! Please, wait!”
He didn’t, and disappeared among them.
“The D’dôdô-Sette! Please! Don’t leave us here! We can’t do this without you!” She tried following, but it was no use. “The D’dôdôSette!”
When she broke through their number, there was no sign of him. She clasped her mouth, feeling despair rise and throat fill. Choking on sobs, she turned to see a large portion of crowd staring at her.
“What are you looking at?” she cried. “Haven’t you seen enough cabaret for one day?”
They shook their heads and continued watching, wondering which behaviours deserved their attention more: hers, or the peculiar animals scraping their bottoms a
