After questioning whether he has gotten stung by a bee, a man named Peter realizes he has been grazed by a bullet, and a figure standing in the bushes has shot at him with a rifle. While somehow staying level-headed, Peter thinks to himself that this occurrence makes no sense. He sees the figure being seized by police, and the police chief named Meisterman notes that Peter has only been grazed by the bullet and says he will take Peter to a doctor. Peter finds himself annoyed that he had not been shot properly, and another officer brings the guilty man over. His name is Joseph, and he tells Peter he has been watching him for days and simply decided to shoot him.  Upon arriving at a doctor’s office, Peter again finds himself disappointed at the calmness surrounding his situation. The doctor comments that the wound is just a scratch and begins talking about taxes. Peter then returns home to tell his wife, Marianne, what happened. He grows even more disappointed as his wife does not seem interested in what happened either; she simply asks if he still plans to golf the next day.  After dinner, Peter goes into the backyard and sees a rifleman among his bushes. The other man shoots, and Peter takes the bullet straight to the chest. Marianne soon comes outside and asks when Peter is coming back inside. She asks him to stop and complains that he can’t be dead if he plans to go golfing. Peter joins Marianne in bed and bites her shoulder sharply, as if to see whether he is dreaming. Marianne yelps in pain but goes to sleep. In the morning, Peter’s friend Howard shows up, and Peter tells him that he doesn’t want to press charges against the man who shot him. After a disagreement, Peter aims a toy pistol at his friend, and Howard begs for Peter not to kill him. Peter slaps Howard across the face and says that he did it because he wanted to, just as Joseph had said after shooting Peter.