Warning: There is a scorpion in this story.
Soooooo….. remember when I went to see my parents in July? Remember that I showed you how I packed all tiny? Remember that there was a book – Mind in the Making – that I fully intended to read on my trip?
Well, I didn’t read it. I believe I got 15 pages in and then read a fiction book instead. I like fiction. In fact, I have been lost in several fiction books since that trip. But earlier in the week I finished one book and thought, “I really should read that Mind book.” By this time it was down in the basement.
It is the kind of book where the cover is extra-long so it folds back into itself. Walking up the steps, I flipped open the back cover and froze. Spider. Spider? Dead spider. Whew. Spider with curly tail? Curly whhaaaa……….?!? I threw it on the counter.
“Why is there a scorpion in my book?” I demanded of Lloyd, since I am irrational.
He didn’t believe me, but he was brave enough to look, and brave enough to throw it in the trash, and wise enough to hug me until I stopped freaking out. Before he threw it out he said, “You don’t want a picture of this?” I just couldn’t.
Today I thought it was a weird enough story that I asked Lloyd if he’d get it out the trash for me. He was nice enough to do it, and kind enough to not mock me.
Turns out, I couldn’t actually get close to it. These pictures were taken by me holding the ipad up high and looking at the tiny dot on the screen, not the actual scorpion on the counter.
*jibblie jibblie jibblie.*
(I ordered the book through Amazon and it was a ‘like new’ copy. I bet the person who was selling it got rid of it right after that critter crawled in the cover.)
Brad says
Maybe the person was just using it as a super-cool book mark. Or it was just an awesome prank by the previous owner. Is their address in the book? You should tell them it worked 🙂