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Dramatis personae:
Kate (age 30, art historian)
Jutta (age 32, botanist)
Sasha (age 6, glamour cat)
Robin (age 5, mama's boy)
and in various cameos:
One spider
One water bug
One housefly
-Scene 1-
Sasha: zzzzzz...
Robin: Hm, there's something moving over there. Unfortunately it is not moving fast enough to interest me.
Jutta: Look, there is a spider on the kalanchoe. I will take it outdoors and let it go.
Kate: Works for me.
-Scene 2-
Sasha: (gazing intently at base of kitchen bookshelf) There is something under there.
Robin: (fishing underneath with one paw) CAT TOY!
Jutta: AAARGH! I hate those darn water bugs! [N.B. for U.S. Southern readers -- palmetto bugs; for the rest of the world -- large flying roaches]
Kate: I will now fulfill my part of the roommately bargain. (Smacks bug with heel of penny loafer)
Jutta: As will I. (Cleans up resultant mess, then goes off to identify by genus and species everything growing in the refrigerator)
-Scene 3-
Robin: Lemme at it! Lemme at it! Please, please? (Jumping four feet into the air)
Sasha: What a nut case.
Kate: Can I get rid of it without squashing it?
Jutta: Just ignore it.
The Fly: I'm sure one half of this window is open, if I could only figure out which half.
Robin: Crunch, crunch crunch.
Copyright © Kate Alexandra Lingley
June 20, 2000Read Kate's story: Sasha vs. the Marshmallow
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