Felix Takes the Stage (2010)
“What lay before her was definitely indigestible. The Maestro was a mountain of a man. The immense expanse of his starched white dress shirt lofted into the dim light like an alpine field. The pages of his score for the Brahms symphony were scattered about like patches of snow at a mountain base. And now the time had come to climb. “All right, children, I want you to start paying out your number one quality silk. We’re going to need the best haul lines ever.”
“Mom, we’ve never spun that kind of ...silk,” Julep said.
She didn’t want to alarm her children, but this was an alarming situation and it seemed Julep was on the brink of one of her pre-K moments.
“Julep, don’t whine. Just do it! This is a matter of life and death.” Edith paused. “Now prepare to ascend!” The message was clear. This is serious business!
Fatty watched as the three spiders entered a kind of deep trance. Soon the silk was paid out and he saw the little spider family, led by the intrepid Edith, begin their ascent.MoreLess
“Mom, we’ve never spun that kind of ...silk,” Julep said.
She didn’t want to alarm her children, but this was an alarming situation and it seemed Julep was on the brink of one of her pre-K moments.
“Julep, don’t whine. Just do it! This is a matter of life and death.” Edith paused. “Now prepare to ascend!” The message was clear. This is serious business!
Fatty watched as the three spiders entered a kind of deep trance. Soon the silk was paid out and he saw the little spider family, led by the intrepid Edith, begin their ascent.MoreLess
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