What you look like when you're wearing them. Sometimes they make you walk funny. Other people pretend not to notice. Sometimes you have to take them off for a minute. Then you put them back on because you think they look so good on you.
Children can also have ugly shoes.
The foot doctor says you might need an operation. But you're going to wear them anyway. Everybody has a pair somewhere. A place you can go when you've got them on. Jake wakes up and rubs his eyes.