Good And Evil

Jul 22nd, 2025 by thegooddoctor in 100 Words

Bradley wondered what was wrong with him. Other kids may have complained about working their chores, but they enjoyed eating bacon and hamburgers, and talked excitedly about weekend hunting trips.

Bradley didn’t know anyone for whom slaughtering a cow prompted an existential crisis. There was no doubt he was the weird one in town, and his parents, his brothers and sisters, his classmates, even his teachers, all knew this to be true.

He simply couldn’t shake the feeling that just because everyone else thought eating animals was normal, there was something inherently evil about it.

From the cow’s perspective anyway.

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