chapter twelve

Suitors though, have a habit of changing suits. The suits, at first, were well tailored and fit like dreams but slowly the suits would change and seem somewhat outdated, the lapels too pointy, the sleeves too short. Mouse did not know why a particular suit stopped fitting. "It was so well tailored," mouse would squeak. "You just wait, mouse," parrot said. "Your suitor need only grow into the new suit. It will take time. But soon it will fit, not as before, but just as perfectly. After all, does your mouse coat change not change with every season?"