Sprite of a Mite

He is an enormous pest. Insistent,
stubborn, entitled and occasionally
bad-tempered, he drives me to
distraction. Why, then, do I concede
he may continue in his chosen path?
He embarrasses me with his
ceaseless hostility to others - dogs,
that is. The bigger they are, the
meaner they look, invariably they
stand back, astonished to be
aggravatingly challenged by a
mite who considers himself mighty.
Thing is, I've grown awfully fond of
him, despite his irritatingly maddening
predilections. He is, in the final analysis,
a mighty loving and obdurate, but
appealing sprite of a mite.