creeping-clothes

Updated: May 25, 2025

If his memory contained one record darker than another, it was the endless history of his misadventures with boots and shoes. He and leather had been at war from the day he left his creeping-clothes until now. But now he was promised a pair of shoes that would be sure to fit.

William Osborn Stoddard - Dab Kinzer: A Story of a Growing Boy