a pet 

A Good Thing – 

A dog can catch the food before it hits the floor. A cat can catch a rat. A pet cannot replace the child. Not even two of them. I now see older people taking care of their kid’s dog. What happened to grandchildren? Only the pets are multiplying. Math is hard. 

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Daily writing prompt
What is good about having a pet?

a baby raccoon

A Pet In The Making –

A tragic death. My older brother killed the mother that was killing our neighbor’s chickens. My mother forced it to eat some oatmeal and it was doing well. Somehow it got out of the box I had it in and drowned in our sump pump. I really cried when I buried it.

Daily writing prompt
Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?