Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Crick! Crick! Croak!

The cricket is dead! The cricket is dead! Hallelujah, the cricket is dead!

Tonight while packing my lunch for work tomorrow, I reached into one of the many cupboards where the cricket has taken up residency for the last couple of weeks. I needed a bowl to put my dinner leftovers in to take to school tomorrow. The bowl I needed was sitting inside a larger bowl. When I lifted it out, I screamed. I saw a bug laying inside the larger bowl. I got a grip on myself and realized it was a cricket. It took me a moment and then I yelled, "It's the cricket!" I closed the cupboard door and grabbed a papertowel. I reached in to pick up the cricket and it moved a little. After some girly touching a bug screeching, I picked it up. It seemed not to be moving so I thought that maybe the moving in the bowl was just my hand or the air from the waving of the towel. When I looked at it inside the towel, it moved again. I screamed and folded it up in the paper towel and stuck inside a bag. As I took the bag out to the trashcan a giddy and sinister laugh escaped from my lips. Tonight, it is quiet in the Delight household. What a relief.

9 comments:

  1. Oh how I detest crickets. It's the way the unexpectedly jump/fly right at you. I'm reduced to a screaming, hopping, hand-waving mess.

    I'm glad you got yours.

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  2. You should have set him free, into the wild. The reason he didn't jump and stuff is because he likes you and didn't want to hear you scream...it probably scares him.

    On a more positive note, I'm glad you can finally have a peaceful night's sleep!

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  3. I would have squished it just to be safe. ;)

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  4. I just shivered when I read this. I hate bugs

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  5. Yes, but what about all of the little babies they made?

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  6. I really enjoy how one of your lables on the cricket posts is "Wild Animals"

    In addition to Jason's comment, they probably did do a little cricket copulation in your big bowl.

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  7. Hi, I came here from Jason's. We used to get Japanese cricket cages and keep them, as kids. But I'm with you - if they're in my kitchen cabinets they must die.

    I live in Topanga where it's a buggy-buggy world - we get spiders and moths and all kinds of bugs!

    I'm enjoying your Italy posts.

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  8. Oh thank goodness! I was going to mail you a lizard :)

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  9. Oh Pumpkin! This is the best news ever : )! I am so happy the Delight household can finally get some peace and quiet!

    You know I had to get him more sparklers. $2.99 a box for some happiness. What can I say? I am a sucker.

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