Petty Revenge

Ginger with Flopped Ears

Hello to all,

Ginger and I have an ongoing feud, specializing in petty revenge. I don’t know who started it, but it began early in our life together. Since I am the one able to communicate with you, I’m blaming her for starting the battle of trifling insults, minor offences, and trivial retaliations.

The first act of being petty begins with her jumping into our bed and rolling on me for attention. Then, I flop her ears on top of her head before heading down for breakfast. While she is eating her breakfast, I open the patio door, enticing her to go out on the deck, but there is still food to eat, and she turns back to her dish. When she finishes her morning meal, but the door is shut, she can only gaze out the door.

A second round of being petty happens as I search and peck for letters on the keyboard, she lets loose with a sharp yelp, jumping me from concentration. As she glares intently out the front windows, I come to see the commotion. I look one way and then the other, and ask, “Why for you bark?”

She gives me a look that replies, “A huge elephant crossed the road.”

“I don’t see any elephants,” shaking my head.

Her expression changes to, “See, what a good job I did scaring it away.”

A half hour passes, and I spot her sleeping on the couch. I sneak over to the patio door and pull it open, making as much noise as possible. She hustles her old bones toward the door only for it to close before she can race out to the deck. My petty reply, “Next time, move your furry butt faster.”

The late morning pettiness finds me heading to the family room to watch television. Ginger waits at the top of the steps. “Do you want out?” I offer before sitting down. Ginger slinks away. My butt settles into my recliner and the theme song to my show plays. Ginger runs down to me like there is an urgent matter for her to go out. I swear I can see her shoulders shaking from the laughter as she runs into the yard.

Tammy, Ginger’s human mom and my wife of 31 years, laughs at our petty antics as we seek revenge upon each other.

He Has Risen,

Danny Mac