Stories tagged “pet”
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Bedtime for the Last Time
The dog waited at the foot of the stairs. Once or twice that week it crept up laboriously, heaving its old, heavy body up, one step at a time, it’s distended underbelly dragging on the long beige rug that ran the length of the staircase. When it ...
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Penny
You had to walk with hushed steps. Be gentle, kind, and careful in her presence. And if you could muster up enough consideration to match one small slice of her thoughtful heart, she would curl into a ball of warm happiness on your lap. You couldn’t ...
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What Charlie did
I never knew where charlie went when he vanished. One minute he’d be asleep on the couch the next thered be this weird noise and hed come trotting up the drive. wagging his tail like he hadnt seen me in years. He was a good dog and i never knew w...
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Gift Rapt
When we made love that night, it was different from how it was before. Before, we had been equals—caressing each other, gently stroking and touching in equal measure. But now, instead, she gently dominated me, making it clear who owned who. There was...
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Men Don't Know the Sex of Cats
A limp greyish mound, lay draped over a ditch’s frozen lip. Painful golden eyes tracked me as I rode by. My pony, Buttons, lowered her muzzle and blew a steaming kiss over the Blue cat. It twitched. I gently placed it in my paper-route sack and l...