I stopped short and then walked quickly past him. Adam bent down to get a better look.
I turned around and shouted, "It's fake, right? It's just a toy. Right? It's fake, isn't it."
"Yeah, it's fake," Adam replied.
"Egh! I knew it. It's real!" I cried. "You're lying! It's real. I knew it! Ew, ew!"
Adam looked up at me. "Yeah, it's real."
We walked quickly down the stairs to the parking lot together and then Adam decided to go back and take a picture. He put his hand beside it to show the scale.
If you don't want to see some horrifyingly weird photographs, don't Google 'praying mantis.' I did, stupidly. And now I know things about these predatory insects that I can never erase from my mind.
4 comments:
oooooohhhhh! do they eat you up????? I don't like it! don't like it a bit! there's just the one in Atlanta, right?
why did Adam put his hand there????
I'm pretty sure the "Praying Mantis" was one of the fictional wrestling characters or "moves" Adam and I made up when we were growing up. If it wasn't, it should have been. Check out this video link to a praying mantis that makes a visit to a baseball dugout. The team it visited is Dan Uggla's former team. See you soon.
Luke
Ha! I remember that character, but I think you are right in that it was both a move and a character. I hadn't thought about that in years.
I put my hand beside it to show the scale (ie how big the bug was)
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