The day started off like any other day. I went to school, went home from school, did my homework, played computer games and watched TV. But then, at 7 p.m. , I decided to take a bath. ( No, the unusual thing is NOT the fact that I decided to take a bath. ) When I was about to place my spectacles on top of the toilet I realised that there was something there........
A PRAYING MANTIS!!
Now, some of you may be thinking, "Humph. Once there was a tarantula,'' or maybe, "a snake," or, "a monkey in my bathroom." Well, let me tell you that I live on the THIRTEENTH floor on my flat, and that praying mantises can't fly. Now the story might seem stupid and untrue, but it DID happen. I swear.
Okay, back to the story. I ran out of the bathroom. ( No, I didn't run out naked. ) I told my family members about the praying mantis. They rushed to the bathroom to witness this historic event. When everybody arrived, the praying mantis was trying to hide itself in the tooth brushes, or maybe it was disguising itself as a packet of tooth paste. Being the suprstitious type, my mother said that it could be a devil in disguise. So, my father caught the praying mantis and then my mother read some prayers above it. After that, she banished the devil back to hell. Well, at least she tried to. The praying mantis just stared at her.
So, in the end, we let it go. Goodbye, mantis, goodbye.
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