A little spider floating in the bath water’s like a giant octopus swimming the wide seas..one’s got a sad end, the other, an unparalleled adventure ahead, –Ahoy, Mate! Octopuses come small as spiders, too, but they all have lots of suckers all up and down their eight spongey arms, which spiders do not; also, spiders do not eat crabs and other crustaceans, so they’ve no need of them. Encephalopods – another name for octopus – are a breed apart, but spiders are nice, too. They keep all the undesirable bugs out of your bathtub while you’re away shopping or having your nails done. Women don’t like spiders, but it’s a fact they feed on worse pests; and they are tidy and keep their webs clean..and you gotta love that! Like, would you prefer to find an ugly potato bug in your bath, rather than a spider? Hmm?? I don’t know if a potato bug’s bite is lethal or not, but they are sure scary looking; and of course, we’ll need a bigger spider to handle that, but all things being equal, isn’t it worth the risk? I think so. Last night as I was getting the bath ready I noticed a small arachnid clinging to the wall of the tub, as the waters rose (arachnid is a fancy name for spider and designates a bug that has eight legs..which is not six! like insects but to a lady they’re all bugs so kill ’em. No! don’t!!) I was going to get a piece of paper to scoop him with and set him somewhere safe..then I forgot and when I sat down there, there was this tiny object that went floating by, over my thigh. Why? Oh yeah! I forgot about him. So I snaked my hand around under him, suspended there in the bath water, until I accomplished the difficult task of seeing all the liquid run off my hand..while retaining the narrow dot that had been the creature, who – unfortunately – had remained on the porcelain after I entered the tub..and he fell off the cliff, “Ahhhhh!” So I flicked my finger at the tiles on the wall and it flew and stuck there on the bright surface of the white tile, with what looked like hair-like legs extending from the soft core of his physical being. How long was he floating? was the water too hot?? (to sustain life) I did not know. Could he revive? Time would tell. This morning I went in there to do the usual, and to my surprise the speck was gone; and below that marker sat a little spider, chilling..on the level tiles above where you can put the bar of soap. A living thing! was it the one who may have drowned? God knows..and I don’t, THEE END