Mothzilla

grab some munchies and a squishy pillow cause it's STORY TIME!

OK
so it's Saturday night
like midnight on the dot
I'm just about to doze off
it's been a wonderful day
conference is the best right?
but I'm tired. REALLY tired
I'm on the edge of sleep
I'm at the place where crazy things happen
like speaking random nothings to your pillow
or making hand gestures that were meant for your dream
when I hear
*pdddah* *pdddah* (roll your tongue a bit on the d's to get the right sound)
coming from my shutters
(Which happen to be right above my head)
I'm like "What in the noise is that?"
thinking it was nothing but my shudders just making noises
(which shows how much my brain was working)
I thought nothing of it and tried to sleep again
then a huge flying creature smacked me in the face
"AHHHHH!"
I hurried to find the switch on my lamp so that I could see the hideous thing that attacked me
the creature was stupid
as I knew it would be,
and the monstrous thing flew straight to the gleaming light
I quivered in fear
it was the
largest
ugliest
most ferocious
moth-like thing I had ever beheld
I'm not even sure it was a moth
it was too big to be anything close to any moth I had ever seen
it must have been
MOTHZILLA

I knew that until Mothzilla was tranquilized I would never be able to get to sleep
I mean seriously
who wants to try to sleep knowing that THING is on the attack
in YOUR room?!
So I set a trap for the creature
All the while singing
"Kill the Beast!"
of course.
I turned out all the lights in my room so that only the light from the windows was visible
I opened my blinds up wide so that more light would shine through
and I waited
finally Mothzilla emerged from his hiding place
he had spotted my trap and was on his way towards his doom
he landed on the edge of the shutters
"if only he would just move inside the blinds!"
I thought
"then I could snap the blinds shut and Mothzilla would be locked inside.
then I would have peace knowing my face will be safe for the rest of the night"
but almost as if Mothzilla had heard my internal pleadings
he swept away into the darkest parts of my room
This was serious
I turned on my lamp once more
hoping to coax the beast out of his newest hiding place
this time with the idea of smashing the monster to it's death
he came out, but he did the unexpected
he flew right up to my ceiling light and into the bowl surrounding it
"Aha!"
I exclaimed
"I'll burn the beast to death!"
I quickly dashed over and turned on the ceiling light
hoping that Mothzilla would die and I would finally get some sleep
but he was smarter than he looked
he swiftly removed himself
yet, he had been injured
he flew around the room running into the walls and ceiling as if he were drunk
then he went down
I thought maybe it was the end of him, but no
he just really liked my new green blouse
and decided to walk all over it!
In desperation, I threw a pile of clothes at the hideous thing
hoping to capture it beneath the weight
I waited to see if Mothzilla was able to escape
he didn't
I laughed a hearty victorious laugh
I had finally vanquished and captured my foe
I decided that the valiant thing to do was slay the beast and put him out of his misery
I pulled off the heap clothes
he was gone
of course
why had I laughed my victorious laugh for so long?
I had given him the PERFECT chance to get away!
I had to search for him
*one hour later*
eyes drooping
head hanging
body crying out for the comfort of the bed
I finally gave up
I had not seen hide nor hair of Mothzilla for one hour
so with a nervous mind I climbed into bed
hoping Mothzilla wasn't waiting for the opportune moment to attack
if he did attack, I don't know
I was asleep
No one knows where Mothzilla is today
he may be hiding in my favorite jeans just waiting to strike
he may be on his way to your room right now
OR MAYBE he's dead somewhere in my room

I hope it's #2

Kristin