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Very Important Baggage

A short humorous scene. According to Mikhail, Pai loves his orange stick. The suitcase, trip and dialogue are fictional; the illustration is stylized.

AI story illustration: a black French bulldog beside an open suitcase with an orange toy inside. Not a photograph of Pai or his family. — AI story illustration. Not a photograph of Pai, his family or their home.

Mikhail opened a suitcase. Pai brought his orange stick and put it inside.

“Is that everything you need for the trip?” asked Dilyara.

Pai thought for a moment and sat beside the suitcase.

“Ah, Pai himself too,” Mikhail realized.

Pai looked at Dilyara. Then at Mikhail.

“And us too?”

Pai gave a contented sigh.

Mikhail surveyed the suitcase:

“There's no room left for clothes.”

“But we've packed everything that matters,” said Dilyara.

Pai lay down to guard the luggage. The humans had finally learned to get their priorities right.

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