Oh, dear, what an ordeal! Eh, if the neighbors ask, tell them it was a snake or spider - more people are afraid of them!



I was a disappointment to boys on the playground. If they ran toward me with a snake or frog or bug to try to scare me (other girls might shriek and run away) I'd tend to say "Cool, can I hold it?" They'd generally be disgusted and walk away, trying to find a more suitable fright target.