He broke the rules

Friday, 10:42 pm

By Kate

Jun

01

2007

I finally did it. I killed a spider. With malice and aforethought. I feel so guilty.

This evening brought a new little house spider into my purview. He was quite a gregarious and energetic little fellow. Not the usual scampering of a spider for this guy. Nooo. This little bugger streaked. All over my desk and right up my arm. Not just once, but three times.

We have a rule in this house. Spiders are welcome as long as they abide by the personal space rule. I give them theirs, they respect mine. Most of the time that works out for both of us. There’s a reason for that rule. When a spider crawls on me, I shriek really loudly and hop up and down. It scares the cat, the dog, the lad. Things get knocked over with loud bangs when we all jump at once.

And that happened three times tonight.

Soooo....I took a kleenex and...well...I feel really guilty.

Let this be a corrective apologue for all you little spiders who are considering moving in. I’m friendly, but not that friendly. I really like you, but rules are rules.