My Very Own Prissy -- A True Story

The following short story reading is for a creative prompt, entitled Wee Yarns, on the FB group "WE PAW Bloggers" (an acronym for WE Poets, Authors, Writers, and Bloggers).

Mom brought home a pair of kittens. On the way, one climbed into the engine. Everyone made such a fuss over her. The other -- in every way a cat -- climbed atop the TV console and sat regally preening… as if to say she was above such sycophantic adoration as heaped upon her sister. She disdained attention from mother and sisters. And thus, was decried as a “prissy miss.”

I stretched out my hand and she rubbed against it. I stepped closer. She climbed into my arms. We were devoted to each other ever after. She became my very own “Prissy.”

Original story 03 June 2019, by D. Denise Dianaty. Reading by D. Denise Dianaty