Of sparrows and dogs

She said she wanted to be a sparrow in her next life.

He said he wanted to be a dog in his next. She was hurt. She thought to herself, probably he didn’t really want to spend the rest of his seven lives with her. Probably he was already bored of her. Probably he had someone else in mind. Probably he didn’t have someone else in mind, but he just wanted to keep his options open.

“Why L, why do you want to be a dog?”

“Because, you love your toy dog so much…since I can’t wish to be a dog, in this life, I’d be one in my next.”