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My name is Seto Akie, I’m a sophomore at S Girls’ High School this year, and I still can’t forget what I experienced that summer…
I had a classmate named Yoshiko Saeki. She and I were best friends, and we were always together wherever we went.
Just the day before summer vacation, my dad called me and my good son into the living room.
“Akie and Yoshiko, do you have any plans for summer vacation this year?” Dad asked as he sat on the couch.
“Hm~ Not yet yeah! What about you, Akie?” Yoshiko asked me.
“Neither did I!” I replied.
“Then Daddy has a special training event that you are interested in attending?” Dad said.
“What kind of event is it?” Goody and I asked in unison.
“This activity is because young people nowadays always do things hastily, and the special training activity to sharpen your heart and mind oh!” Dad said.
“What exactly is the event?” I asked my dad nervously.
“Yeah! What exactly is the event? Don’t be so secretive, uncle!” Yoshiko said.
Dad took a brief out of his pocket and put it on the table. I, of course, immediately picked it up and read it.
“Physical-examination-of-domestic-animal-life-of-youth-summer-vacation-life-camp? What’s that?” I asked.
“Oh! Because we all know that it’s very difficult for people to abandon their noble identity or compromise themselves, because the human heart has a kind of ‘spirit of all things’ mentality, so it’s all right! This camp allows you to choose a domestic animal and experience its life for yourself, thus sharpening your mind. Would you two girls like to join? Spaces are limited!” Dad said.
“Seems like fun yeah~ Uncle I’m going to join.” Goody said.
Even Hoshido was actually going to participate? “Okay! Since Yoshiko is going to participate, then dad! I’ll participate too! Summer vacation is boring anyway!” I said.
“Good! I’ll get you guys signed up right away.” Dad said and went into the room to help us fax our enrollment.
*♪ The first day
Soon enough, it was the first day of summer vacation, and Yoshiko and I stood at the front door of our house with the enrollment form Dad had given me, waiting for the bus to arrive. Soon, the bus arrived at 7:00 a.m. on the dot, and after saying goodbye to my parents, I got on the bus. When I arrived at the bus, I saw all young girls, all of them were chatting happily about the camp, and I also chatted happily with Hao Zi along the way. We arrived at about 3:00 p.m. It was a nine-hour drive, so it was a long way to go.
We arrived at a very tall building, about a dozen floors high! We entered the lobby and then went into the basement, which was about two to three hundred pyeong in size. After we handed in our enrollment forms, a staff member in front of us began to recite the domestic animal that each person was serving as on the microphone.
“Seto Akie Dog.” The staff recited my name, and then I followed them to the front to gather.
“Sasako Dogs” is just like me!
Good Son and I held hands and waited for the staff’s instructions.
“All right! All you girls who are about to experience bitching, let’s go!”
We were led by a woman, about 28 years old, who wore a red suit, and she was our “supervisor” for the rest of the day, we called her “teacher”.
We went to the large room on the fourth floor, and since there were only 8 girls in the dog program, we weren’t going to be crowded.
“Okay! Girls, you are now officially bitches. Hurry up and take off those noble clothes you are wearing, because that is only for noble humans.” The teacher said.
(to be continued)