Self-Review – Jealousy

Let’s Look at Jealousy

Jealousy is the same kind of odd little bait and switch story as A Kitten. That is, I take you down a little garden path to make you believe a character is one way. But it turns out that this jealous characters is not who or what you expect him to be.

I wrote this story during the first quarter of 2021. The prompt word was just the title of this little piece.

Background for Jealousy

I absolutely love the canine point of view, and have tackled it before, in stories as different as Will’s Dog and Cynthia. But in this case, the narrator does not get an actual name.

Er, sorry, puppy.

Plot

As the narrator complains that someone or other is coming between him and a female special somebody, he eventually owns up to the fact that the inevitable is just plain going to happen. Whether he likes it, or not.

But it’s every soldier’s right to complain. And I suppose it is every spaniel’s right as well.

Characters

The characters are just the narrator and the two unnamed people they are referring to.

Memorable Quotes

She spends way more time with him than with me. Now, I strongly suspect there’s something going on. I mean, here’s my evidence.

He calls and she comes running. With me? Not so much. He comes over, and she pays a lot more attention to him than to me. In fact, they sometimes go into another room and make it impossible for me to get in! Surely she knows my limitations in this area. Yet she ignores my pleas.

Rating for Jealousy

The story has a K rating.

Takeaways

While this story may seem a little silly, the truth is, dogs really do exhibit certain forms of jealous behavior. And they can sometimes make their displeasure known in a rather violent manner. But I don’t suggest that here.

Our narrator is more perturbed than anything else.

But don’t eat his food.

Want More of my Short Stories and Novellas?

If this story resonates with you, then I hope you will check out some of my other blog posts about my shorter works.

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