Thespy 2024-2025 Flashcards
And then mows the grass like it’s nothing.
Mowing the grass is the least of your worries.
What am I supposed to be looking at?
You can’t see me. I’m a harmless ball now.
Who are you?
Name’s brindle. I’m a pill bug. Or a potato bug. Some call me a roly-poly. I been here a long time and seen more’n most, on account of my foolproof defense mechanism. Watch.
You’re right there. You ain’t foolin’ nobody.
Am I a piece of dung? No one knows.
I can still tell you’re a bug. I can see your little feet. This is not a good disguise.
It’s a great disguise, by the Gods! No one can tell I’m alive when I roll up!
Why wouldn’t you just fly away if you’re in trouble?
Some of us are slow and don’t have wings, all right?! Now are you gonna heed my warning or not?
What warning? You didn’t say nothing.
Oh right. I get distracted. Cause I’m old. Cause I’m a survivor. Because of my superior technique.
Right
I bring warning. I lived most of my life in different human’s yard. And what happened there is gonna happen here, and soon. You see them yellow flags out there?
Yeah?
That’s how it starts. Marking the ground. The human…is puttin’ in a swimmin’ pool.
Don’t know, but it sounds bad.
It’s gonna tear out the garden, dig up the yard, and put in a pool. I’m talking mass casualties. No more fireflies. No more pill bugs.
That’s horrible!
And that’s just the beginning. With a pool comes a patio. Devastation as far as the eye can see.
Maybe this is our chance to quit. Maybe we can get outta here.
Oh don’t worry about yourselves, bees. It’ll just move the hive. Work ya even harder.
I got an idea!
Now if you’ll excuse me, no one can see me now.
You’re still right there.
Dang it.
