Dirt On The Window

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By the time Allen was woken up by the screech of brakes, he had been sleeping for several hours, leaning his head against a dirty bus window. The student shuddered and straightened, embarrassedly taking a look around. "That is so inappropriate to fall asleep in the transport," he thought. "Really, terribly inappropriate!"
Fortunately, no one was looking at him but a little girl in a hilarious red hat. Her eyes were of a charming colour of tea. She was sitting right in front of the sleepy student with a bright magazine in her hands. Girlie would tear some pages up.
"You shouldn't behave this way, it's inappropriate!" Allen protested.
But the girl in the red hat continued tearing pages.
"Why do you care? I wanna tear this magazine up, so why not?" The little girl wasn't angry, but curious.
Allen stared at her.
"Is it actually a surprise for you that you shouldn't tear magazines?"
"But why not?"
"Well... Don't you like those bright pictures in it?" The boy tried to persuade her, saying things that a child could easily understand.
"Haha!" the girl laughed. "The real world is far more beautiful."
"Ugh..." Allen stumbled. "Really? Is there anything pretty behind this window?" He pointed his finger on the glass. "It's incredibly dirty and unpleasant."
The girlie giggled and responded with a pretty smile.
"You are a zany, aren't you? Everyone knows that this dirt on your window is left by the other people. Just clean the glass and take a new look!"
...When Allen finally followed the girl's directions and turned to her with eyes full of fascination and life, she has already vanished. The paper scraps on her seat were the only evidence of her existence.