Translate

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Under - The Third Installment

3rd installment


(as written by my anonymous sister friend)

nothing.
all was quiet......too quiet.
l peaked around the mushroom
and came eye to eyes, eight to be exact
with a fuzzy jumping spider.
we both screamed.
SPIDER!!
HUMAN!!
l jumped back, it jumped.
boy could it jump.
and then it was gone.

now continuing

I screamed. 
And screamed.
And screamed.
I hate am terrified of spiders, tiny little
spiders. This was NOT a tiny little
spider.
Wait, did it say something that I understood.
Yes it screamed HUMAN as I was screaming 
SPIDER.
I took a breath and let my heart return to normal
beats per minute.
It could speak. IT COULD SPEAK.
Suddenly I knew I needed to
find that god damn spider.
Yes, find it. 
George had disappeared.
I decided to go after the spider,
or at least go in the direction it
had jumped. The rain had pretty much
stopped so I was safe from that.......
   I started to jog through the grassy
jungle, listening for sounds of the
spider ahead of me. 
Mumbling?
What was I hearing.
It sounded like mumbling, someone
talking to themselves.
I couldn't make out the words.
I slowed down. I was not 
sure who or what I was coming close to
but I wanted to be careful.
"Who's there?" someone yelled out.
I stopped. I had gotten close.
"Ahhh, Hello?" I said. "Don't freak out,
I just want to meet you. I'm coming towards you."
I started ahead without waiting for
an affirmative. I stepped around the
base of a towering flower and 
stopped. There in front of me
was not one, but  what looked like
a whole family of god damn spiders.
The littlest ones started to cry. 
They hid behind their mother?
I couldn't tell who was male or female.
The one that I had seen earlier came forward.
I tried to stand tall, to not show fear.
It was looking at me with its many eyes.
Finally it said something. Something that
filled me with terror.
I turned to run...............

Again, lets finish this chapter....happily or not
its up to you.
Leave a comment below.


written by Suzanne McCann, not to be used without my permission


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

lt is you, isn't it?, lt asked.
l tried to think of a reply because l had an idea what it meant.
You are the one who screams and freaks out and leaps about
and then......then.....', with that it shuddered, and couldn't finish.
l looked behind it at thousands of eyes all staring at me.
'well, um....wait a minute!' the spider jumped back as l stepped forward.
'How come l can talk to you?' l asked.
'l know l've changed but really, l could never talk to you before'
'Everybody speaks the same language here.' it said
Cool.' l said. 'Yes l must admit, that l am she. l do all that
and more.' l started pacing back and forth thinking. Suddenly
l realize it could answer MY questions. 'Why', l asked, 'why do you spiders torment me? Why, when you know what l do? You know l dislike you?' l was really warming up now. 'l shudder and shriek and still you enter. l stamp, l jump and still you come. l flatten and squash, you will not leave me alone. WHY? WHY? WHY?' l drew a deep breath. 'lf you left me alone, l'd leave you alone.'
'Then remove the welcome sign' said the spider.
'What welcome sign?' l asked.
'The one you have hanging in the window. All those colours. Sooooooooo pretty. We were going to eat you but it's been an honest mistake. We'll let you off but only once.'
With that they all jumped and leaped and stamped about, shrieking and screaming. Then they were gone.
'God damn spiders were mimicking me.

themundaneexplorer said...

omg that is awesome