Saturday, March 29, 2025

Spider

 

The spider waved its front legs like it was waving down a taxi.

Its human noticed and peered into the habitat.

“How in the world did that get in there?” the human asked. The spider kept waving its front legs in alarm.

It wasn’t a velvet ant, but it looked similar. Whatever it was, it could have absolutely attacked and eaten the spider.

Carefully, the human removed the offending insect and released it outside.

“You’ve had a hard morning! Here’s a cricket.” The human dropped a cricket into the spider’s lair and walked away, not noticing the cricket’s frantic waving.

 

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