Dictionary Stories 2010-01-13

"Dabbed it down where?" James asked.
"Now if I knew that it wouldn't be lost now would it?" Peter said.
"Good point."
Peter began looking feverishly around the room. He checked under the sofa, the table, the television cabinet, the chair. He rummaged in the draws, check under the bed and then the microwave.
"Now why would it be in there?"
"I've checked all the places it should be so have to," James paused with his had down the sofa. He pulled his hand up and there was the key. He waved his fist in brief triumph.
"Well done," James said.
"Thanks. I just wish I could go as high as I go low."
"What do you mean?"
"When I lose something I panic. Even thinking I've dropped it on the street when I know I had, whatever it was, a few moments ago. I panic even if it's something trivial."
"So you wish you could be as disproportionately happy as you are paniced?"
"Yes."