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The Spider Under the Rug

**//By Matthew Cascell //**

 Billy, a middle-aged man was walking home from the city with groceries in his hands. Martha, his wife was cooking dinner.

 “Did you get the cheese and milk?” Martha asked.

 “Yes, honey” Billy said. Furry, the family cat was lying on their rug. About 10 minutes later, they sat down to eat a delicious meal. When Billy and Martha were done eating, they sat down on the couch and watched some TV. Suddenly, Furry jumped up and started pawing at the rug. Martha and Billy figured that she was just playing around. Furry started to get bored and moved to a different spot on the rug. At about 9:00, Billy and Martha went to bed.  The next morning at about 7:00, Martha got ready and went to work. Billy was still sleeping and Furry was prowling around the house. Every couple of minutes, she would stop and prick her ears towards the rug. After a while, Furry padded up to the rug and stared intensely at it for about 3 minutes. Then she seemed to lose interest in the rug and hopped on the couch. She eventually fell asleep.  At about 8:30, Billy woke up, made some breakfast, and watched some TV. Furry was sitting on his lap. When Billy got up to put his bowl in the sink, Furry cautiously padded up to the rug. She sat down and fixed her gaze at a spot on the rug. Billy walked out of the kitchen and stopped to look at Furry. Billy knew better than to disturb Furry because of her short tempered behavior, so he quietly grabbed a chair and sat there for about ten minutes. After a while, he started to get alarmed at the fact that Furry had not even moved a muscle.  Suddenly, Furry screeched, jumped up, and shot down the hallway. Billy got up and walked over to the rug. He was scared to lift it up, so he just looked at it. He thought he saw something move under the tug, but he pushed the thought to the back of his mind, thinking he was imagining things. He focused again on the rug. Billy saw out of the corner of his eye that Furry was peeking around a corner, watching him. Billy decided that Furry was worrying over nothing and watched some more television. Furry eventually pulled herself together and cautiously went over to the rug. Billy was watching her to see what she would do. To Billy’s surprise, Furry laid on it. He thought that Furry was going to freak out like she did last time.  Later, Martha came home and Billy told her the whole story.  “Well, Furry //is// a cat and cats will have their moments”, Martha explained.  “True, it’s probably nothing to worry about”, Billy said. He was still unconvinced. //“She’s never acted quite like that before ever since we got her”, //Billy thought. After a while, Billy and Martha went to Applebees for dinner and Furry was eating her cat food. When she was done eating, she wandered around the house for a little while, jumped on the couch, and took a cat nap. When Billy and Martha came home, they tidied up the house a bit and sat down to watch TV. Furry was up and, one again, checking out the rug. Suddenly, she started pawing ferociously at the rug, her fur standing on end. Then she ran under the table, terrified. Billy got up and lifted up the rug. He stared in utter horror at what he saw. A giant spider had made its way under the rug. "M-ma-Martha", Billy said. "Yes, Billy, what did you find", Martha inquired. "Come here please", Billy said horror rendering him almost unable to speak. Martha ran over to him, screamed, and bolted out of the house. Billy ran to the storage room and grabbed a broom. Furry ran over to the rug to investigate. One glance at the rug and she shot down the hallway. Billy returned with the broom and bashed the spider. As it moved forward, Billy could see hundreds of babies all over the place. Furry returned about a minute later and started biting some of the babies. Billy watched her in amusement and forgot about the mama spider, and the spider took advantage of the moment and reared up on its hind legs, revealed its inch and a half fangs, and struck down on Billy’s foot with tremendous force. "owwwwwwwwwwwwww" Billy yelled. He staggered backwards to his phone and called 911. When they answered, he started to speak. Then he dropped the phone and passed out. Furry stopped messing with the spiders and went over to Billy. He didn't move. The police were still talking into the phone, so Furry meowed loud enough for them to here. When Billy awoke, Martha was standing over him with a couple of paramedics. "Is everything OK", Billy asked, his voice slurred. " Take a look", Martha said, smiling. Billy got up and turned around. There he saw a couple of exterminators battling the spiders. Furry was helping out to, going around and biting any spiders that are escaping. Later, all of the spiders were gone and everything was fixed up. Billy and Martha were sitting on the couch. Furry jumped up on Billy lap, meowing happily. It never happened again.

The End

Deangroom activity#2 Two ants had passed out when raisins that had been dumped into the garbage, filed into the cabinet, shaking oddly and wandering from side to side to find some place where they would not be drooled on by baby heads. The banana made a sort of wall round them with her great eyeball, and the raisins nestled down inside it and promptly started pooping. At the last moment Mollie, the very stupid, pretty white floating baby head who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came floating daintily in, chewing at a pacifire.

The raisins jumped at the sight of the head. They were very scared. The baby head was known for eating raisins. The giant baby head stared at them with hungry eyes, a puddle of drool was growing steadily. The baby head was floating nearer, babbling. They ran for their life.

MIDDLE _ BEGINNING _ END Work Sheet Billy and his wife are eating dinner, then they watch some tv. ||< * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Introduce your characters: Billy, Mary, Furry, spider <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">furry, the family cat is freaked by the carpet, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">as if there is something under it. Billy lifts up <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">the rug and sees a GIGANTIC spider. ||< * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How will all your story and characters develop? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When they try to defeat the spiders is the <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">climax. The story ends as you would probably <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">expect, the spiders are dead and the protaganists <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">pull through. ||< * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Is your ending what your readers are expecting? a little bit. ||
 * < <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Describe the start of your story.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive;">What do they want? Billy, Mary, and furry want the spiders dead.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Where are they going? They are not going anywhere. ||
 * < <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What happens in the middle of your story?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Plot Twists and Turns?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How will you lead up to the climax? ||
 * < <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Outline the climax...How does the story end?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Yes, Probably
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Have you used foreshadowing throughout your story?a little bit.