Pillbug Races
Lyra Meadow (5) was hunched over the sidewalk,
babbling to herself. Turns out she had drawn a racing stripe, and was now
trying to teach a pillbug (aka "Roly Poly" -- which sure looks
spelled wrong to me) to make its way to the finish line. It kept wandering off
track, so she would say, "No, no, follow the line!" Then she'd nudge it back on
course.Naturally, this would startle
the little critter, and it would roll up into a ball, halting the race. We were
amused, but not enough to watch this painful process, so we stopped watching
after a bit. Eventually, she finished
with the bug, and came over to join
us."Did your pillbug finish the
race?""Sort of. I had to carry him
over the finish line."
Filed Mon - March 7, 2005, 02:43 AM in
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