# Coco — Short Fiction character guide

> Coco in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Zidore, Coco - Zidore

**First appearance:** 0003-short-fiction

## Who they are

A neglected old horse that becomes the focus of a poignant story about cruelty.

## In the story

### [Mademoiselle Cocotte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/mademoiselle-cocotte)

The dog named Cocotte, a stray adopted by François, whose promiscuity and eventual death drive the plot.

### [Queen Hortense](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/queen-hortense)

The dog that jumps onto the dying woman's bed, holding a slipper, and is chased by little Joseph.

### [A Vendetta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-vendetta)

Sémillante, the dog, is trained to kill the murderer.

### [Coco](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/coco)

The old white horse, kept out of charity, is slowly starved to death by the boy Zidore.

### [Confessing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/confessing)

The old white horse that pulls the coach, described as trotting gently.

### [The Keeper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/the-keeper)

Marius, the keeper's nephew, a poacher who causes the tragedy.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/ii)

Victor Lecoq, the father of Céleste's child, who marries her after Césaire's death to help manage the farm.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as Zidore, but not directly present in this chapter.

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