“But she gave you the slipper!” Billy stated. “She can’t do that… she’s not your parent or a teacher!” he added (those being the people who usually dished out such punishments).
“She’s our guardian and she can,” Alice replied. “It’s not against the law to punish a child.”
“Well it should be.” Billy retorted. Alice agreed. “Is it against the law to dress a boy as a girl?” Billy asked. Alice said she didn’t think so. “Well it should be,” Billy said. He looked down toward the track they tread and the shoes that trod it; black leather Mary Jane’s with a chunky two-inch heel. His legs are clad in a pair of white knee socks, the very color that no boy should ever have to wear.