Fursuitting allows me to bring smiles and joy to any young kids who see me, and the same goes for other fursuitters. This is a well known and obvious concept with fursuitters, but every once-in-a-while a kid reacts in a special and heart touching way that becomes a cherished memory for the suitter.

Over a year ago I was in a parade in P-Town for the annual Carnival. During the parade, as I was giving high-fives to kids, a young girl, about the age of 5, grabbed my paw and hugged it. I had come to see the experience as my favorite fursuitting experience as it was so sweet x3. I still cherish this memory, but yesterday, Saturday Sept. 6th, as I partialed at the local King Richards Fair furmeet, a young girl did something so heartwarming that I was speechless and almost brought to tears.

After the final jousting event at KRF I was headed to go meet up with my friends to go to the cookout that night. I had Kai's head and his paws in my hand, as I wasn't supposed to wear it for the event as it would spook the horses. I hadn't even thought to put him back on as I was distracted by the conversation a friend and I where having. As we walked, a young girl in a pink princess outfit and what looked like 3 simple snowflake designs on her face stopped me. She looked to be around 8 years old. She pointed at Kai and asked if I'd put him back on. I smiled and agreed. Her mother turned her around and told her to close her eyes as I "transformed" into Kairoo. I knelt down once I got Kai on and had her turn back around. Once she saw me her eye's lit up. She ran over to me and hugged me. She then looked at me and asked: "Will you walk with me?" then she put her hand out to me. I smiled behind Kai's head and agreed. I never expected the walk we had to be as touching as it ended up being.

With my paw in hand, she led me back towards the jousting arena. I started up a conversation and asked if she had enjoyed the fair. She said yes, then went on about how she was a real princess. She introduced herself as Princess Rose and told me how she had magical powers. I looked at her and asked her what kind of powers she had. She paused for a second and said she just had magical powers. "Ok." I said. "Can you prove it then?". She looked at me and responded with: "Well... I made you transform, didn't I?" This made me laugh on the inside. She had me. I had no way of challenging that response.

By now she had gotten curious. She asked me my name and I responded with Kairoo Dragonfox. She responded by saying that not all foxes where nice, but I was, and she liked that I was. after a bit more of walking and surprisingly intelligent conversation from someone her age, we reached the gates where they were leading the horses and actors out of the jousting arena. One of the workers there looked at her and asked: "Who did you want to see, honey?" She looked up at him confused at his question and said: "The horses of course." Sadly they had all gone through the gates and getting ready to go back in their pens, so she wasn't able to see them sadly, but she understood and asked me if I'd walk he back to her mother. Of course I said yes.

We spoke more, and her mother met with us half way back. Before letting go of my paw, she squeezed it a bit and told me she could feel my bones, and knew I was real. She then told me about the other days she would be at the fair. I told her that if I was able to come back to the fair, I'd look for her. I followed my friends back to the meet up area at the picnic tables. I was almost speechless for the next hour following the experience. I didn't feel like I had walked with someone of her age. She acted so much older then I was expecting. I could feel that she was someone who believed in and loved the idea of magic. She hadn't cared that she saw me out of suit. Princess Rose had looked past the idea of the suit and saw Kairoo for Kairoo. I really don't know how to better explain this in words, but hopefully that gives you the idea of where I'm going with this.

Fursuitting brings magic to kids. I know it's corny, but experiencing a heart touching moment like I have has really been eye-opening for me. I'm overjoyed that I was able to experience this, and I hope to bring more smiles to kids and people in the future, weather it's from a simple high-five, or a conversation filled walk! X3