KCS-1202 A Wild Yearning by Author Unknown


Chapter 1


In the beginning, there was no thought of the Levitt's German shepherd 
Rex in Jan's pretty blonde head as she went grumpily about her early 
morning housework. She was by far too preoccupied with other things -- 
in particular with the peculiar frustration she was continually feeling 
with being married.

Not that she hadn't frequently noticed the sleek dog that lived next 
door. Indeed, she had often puzzled over Rex' peculiar attraction when 
he was tied up at the local supermarket, for it always seemed as if 
every housewife in the neighborhood paused in her shopping duties to 
give him a friendly pat and whisper some friendly words to the long-
tongued dog, which was usually sitting obediently on his haunches as he 
waited for his mistress to finish her shopping.

"Hello, Rex, how's that nice doggy today?" they would ask. Or, "My, 
that's a sweet little dog, aren't you?" And this puzzled Jan from time 
to time. After all, it was true that Rex had a sleek, shining coat and 
that he was the epitome of form in what one thought of as the German 
shepherd physique, but after all there were usually a half dozen 
pedigreed dogs parked outside the supermarket, all of them equally 
handsome in their own way. Yet there was not a one among them that 
seemed to inspire the response Rex did. He was truly unique in that 
respect. Women couldn't seem to pass him up.

Yet so far as Jan could tell, there was not anything especially unique 
about the dog. True, he had a handsome, intelligent face -- very 
masculine, too, of course -- but that was scarcely enough to justify 
such unusual attentions as he invariably commanded.

So this was just a part of Jan's ordinary curiosity with respect to the 
Levitt's dog. But another part of it was Marge Levitt's seeming 
preoccupation and possessiveness with respect to Rex. Jan had 
frequently noticed Marge's usually cheerful face changing rapidly to a 
sullen scowl if she came out of the supermarket and found someone 
talking to or petting Rex. Occasionally she tried to remember if this 
similar change of personality took place when Marge encountered a man 
being friendly to the handsome German shepherd. But this line of 
thought was usually futile, as Jan could not recall any such instance. 
It was almost always some housewife who could be seen being friendly to 
the sturdy, sleek dog.

Not that she pondered this overmuch. It was simply something she 
occasionally gave a modicum of thought.

Marge's possessiveness also seemed to continue at home, for she kept 
the dog chained securely and confined to the Levitt grounds. It was 
never allowed to roam free like other dogs in the neighborhood, and 
occasionally even Steve remarked that such a house dog should be more 
savage, instead of so friendly as Rex obviously was. Jan didn't know 
much about dogs, but she knew enough to know that this observation of 
Steve's was fundamentally correct. Logically speaking, a house German 
shepherd like Rex should be more vicious. But it was obvious that the 
dog's nature was sunny and affectionate.


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