ARACHNOPHOBIA

***NOTE: Last class we took a mid-term and I used to have fears of exams, so I thought I would talk about another fear...ARACHNOPHOBIA***

Do you know what arachnophobia is? Arachnophobia is the abnormal fear of spiders. I’m not sure if I have arachnophobia, but I know for certain that I and the little eight legged demons aren’t quite “best friends forever”. I guess it all started when my mother went into labor while watching the movie Arachnophobia. I blame her...

Moving on, it was was a beautiful spring day; I was in the 5th grade and had the best teacher, Mr. Burns. On my way to class I realized how everyone was staring at me, it was my first year in public school and I thought I was finally becoming popular. One of my classmates, Jeremiah came up to me with a disturbed look on his face.

“Hey Jeremy, there’s a HUGE spider on your head,” he said.

“Jeremiah, you’re not funny. Plus if there was a spider on my head, don’t you think I would notice or even feel it? “I replied.

“Oh my gosh that spider is HUGE,” he screeched as he ran away glaring at my head.

I continued to go about my business, appalled that my friend would lie to me. I was so mad; he was going to tell everybody that lie! He was trying to embarrass me! I know my head and I felt nothing. By the time I got to my portable, I noticed something abnormal, everyone around me was both screaming and pointing, “Spider, Spider” at my head or running away, some even laughing.

Mr. Burns came outside on his steps, looked at my head, and ran back inside. He returned with a magazine and Jeremiah standing behind him with his mouth wide open. “Jeremy, don’t move!!” he said.

“Mr. Burns, what’s going on” I replied trembling.

“DON’T MOVE”, he yelled. He rolled up magazine as tight as he could and took one mighty swing. I closed my eyes and I felt a bolt of wind swiftly pass over my head. As I opened my eyes Mr. Burns told me to look down at the ground, “That was on your head”, he said. I looked down to see a dead carcass of a spider twice the size of an American dollar coin.