I Bought a Present

“Ooooh....”

While wandering the streets, I spotted a shop window that caught my eye.

“Ah, that looks like you, Puppy.”

ㅡBeep....

“Heehee. I’m kidding.”

It was a somewhat old-looking doll shop. Beyond the wide glass window, bear, pig, and human dolls were on display. Come to think of it, there was a gigantic bear plush at home that Chaea unnie had given me, and maybe that was why sleeping had felt a little empty lately.

When I said the pig doll lying belly-up with its stomach exposed looked like Puppy, Puppy pressed its front paws down on my head. What a cute little thing.

“Doesn’t it feel like a picture book? A doll shop—these still exist nowadays?”

After staring at it for a while, I caught the eye of the grandfather sewing a doll from the cashier’s chair inside the shop. He had a big red nose, white hair, and round, square-framed black glasses.

He looked exactly like the sort of grandpa who’d make a Pinocchio and then get caught up in some incident...