Petty

the short story

“Has anyone seen my pet!?” A guy yelled out. He was running around outside. He was crying and his face was red and wet from stress and tears.

Someone stopped him and asked him what kind of pet it was.

“I don’t know…” he said, looking even more stressed out.

“My petty…” he said, stroking the air in front of him as if it was a small animal he loved. It was a sad event to see.

“Can you tell us anything else about it?” a passerby asked, trying to be helpful. The guy scrambled around and tried to think of something.

“Let’s see. I bought it in 2006. On my phone,” he said.

“You bought your pet in 2006 on your phone?” the passerby asked.

“Yeah,” he said.

“I didn’t even know you could do that in 2006,” the passerby said.

“Yeah you could,” he said, wiping away tears.