Legend and Cash are very excited to discover a spider hanging out on the corner of their slide outside.
Cash - ``Oh wow! Auntie, look! A spider!``
Legend investigates - ``Oooooh! Scary spider!`` He wiggles his fingers menacingly.
Me - ``Don`t touch it. If you touch it, it will be scared and it might bite you.``
Cash and Legend both nod gravely and Cash takes a half step back.
They follow the spider around the slide for quite a while, pointing and making exclamations.
Legend - ``I like happy spider. He is smiling. Friend.``
Cash - ``Spider lives on our boat (referring to the slide). It`s his house.``
As soon as the kids turn their backs, I squish the spider and wipe away the evidence.
When Cash`s mom arrives, Cash is excited to show her his new pet.
Cash - ``Mommy! Come see! I wanna show you spider.``
But, he can`t find it.
Cash, happy and oblivious - ``Oh, he is hiding now, Mommy.``
I hope they don`t go looking for the spider tomorrow. I am prepared to lie if need be.
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