The sound of eight legs crawling towards you will draw you to look in that direction. Never look. Look instead the other direction to find the desperation in the injured moths' eyes as he lets go, His welcoming and jovial voice will make you feel secure, but NEVER trust it. It may seem he cares about you and wants to set you free, but a trick lies under his words. Squeeze your eyes shut and don't open them. Ever so carefully, wrap one foot around a strand three times. Only three. Untangle and unwrap from the way you came, slowly you will become untangled. This will give him the illusion that you are struggling, but you are really freeing yourself. Until you are the one with only a leg stuck. Now is the time to slowly open your eyes. Do not worry; his piercing eyes are not fixed on you. He will set a spiny black leg on your neck. Don't let it see you cry; do not let it see you scream. If he smiles, you smile back. If he moves towards you don't flinch, When he clamps his pincers to your neck, let go. And waiting for you will be the white moth. Hailey Miller 7th Grade Baylor School Ms. Collins
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