8-LEGGED FREAKS!!!

Lying flat on my bed yesterday night, and staring at the ceiling, my thoughts wandered madly. Suddenly it hooked up at something...

All children suffer from different types of fears. Most of them disappear with time. As a child, I had two fears: Spiders & Teachers (The latter one, unfortunately, still exist. Ref: An Idea Can Change Your Life) Spiders are a species that most kids fear. They are omnipresent too (i.e., present everywhere). If there were houses without spiders, I would have done anything to escape into one. :D Sometimes, I've blamed God, for producing such spooky creatures on earth, good for nothing but to scare the hell out of us. (That was before our science teacher taught us the biological impacts and the need of spiders in nature)

My house is an abode of spiders. Especially the bathrooms were their breeding grounds. A variety of spiders, small, medium, big, male, female, mutilated, mommies carrying eggs; all these are present here. Out of this vast variety, the scary ones carrying big white egg sacs on their abdomen are the most fearsome. I've also witnessed tiny baby spiders slowly getting out of these sacs and gradually spreading on the wall! Even now, thinking of that scene makes my hair stand attention and body go weak!

Every time I go to the bathroom, I used to check whether the spiders can be seen in their usual places. If yes, I used to be relieved. Else, I go inside expecting the worst to happen. Who can guarantee that they are not resting on the soap dish or won’t pop out from the toilet seat? :P

 But for the past few months, I haven't come across even a single spider. It made me worry about spider communities. Being a nature lover, I was worried whether they are in a threat to extinction. In fact, am I missing those awful creatures??? Nee… no chance…

But something was wrong then. I rubbed my eyes and looked again at the spot where I was staring before. Lo! This whole time I was staring at an 8-legged freak! 7-legged freak, to be specific. This guy was handicapped. I thanked God for saving a very important link in ecosystem, from the threat to extinction. I also thanked Him for not giving wings for spiders. Else, they would have been ten times more spooky and scary…

Wait!!! Did I hear my sister screaming from the bathroom “Amma, here there are three spiders……!” ???

Aaaarrrggghhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!