By Tony Clarke
Indigenous to Australia, the white-tail spider is a wanton predator. Deceptively named, as it disregards its hunting skill of using belongings of its victims as bait.
Items used include credit cards, wedding rings, or spare pieces of bacon. Males may even use phones; the most tantalizing of endearments.
They can be found at work in the average home. The locals know when their credit cards appear in random spots or on a search for their disappearing ring, to approach armed with a magazine of fifty pages or more.
The rare tourist or two, on the other hand, may lose a hand.
I’d laugh if I didn’t know Australian wildlife so much. I once wrote a story that included a man urinating into a funnel web spider’s hole, with predictable and painful results!
Good job.
?Excellent, Tony! ?
Made me laugh. That magazine wouldn’t be big enough for me.
This gave me chills! I hope you don’t work for the Australian tourist board cause….nope nope nope nope no way!
The story made me smile nonetheless!