Greetings

After the unexpected greeting she was never the same.

It happened one Thursday morning on one of her days off. She was a part-timer at the local sugarcane factory. She entered the kitchen, still feeling drowsy after an extra-long lay in. This late start to the day probably gave the insects extra time to get themselves organised. She didn’t notice the writing on the fridge at first. The kettle was switched on and the coffee and sugar spooned into a mug before going to the fridge for milk. It stopped her dead in her tracks. It looked as though someone had used a black, felt-tip pen to scribble on her fridge door. It said, GOOD MORNING in block capitals. She immediately thought that she’d had a break in and rushed off to check whether the house’s two outer doors were locked. They were.

Returning to the kitchen she was frozen to the spot a second time. The message now read, WE’RE HUNGRY. After a lengthy time spent blinking and pinching herself, she moved forward. It was then that she could make out that they were actually tiny creatures, most of them only making minute movements, but at the same time maintaining enough order for the message to remain legible. There were over a hundred of them; teeny black ants.

Without any hesitation, from the cupboard, she took down a can of insect spray. She then approached the fridge, saying, “OK. Try some of this!” and stood back. She watched them begin to drop off one at a time, until they were all gone from the door. Now she had a scattering of the filthy dead things on the floor. She grabbed the dustpan and brush and swept them up. She was about to tip the bodies into the waste bin, but changed her mind. She turned the water tap on and emptied the pan into the swirling water. When they were all gone, she put the plug in, just to make sure.

Although she would never talk about it, it had been at this point that she had stopped to realise just how calm she’d been throughout the entire ordeal. Furthermore, she was certainly proud of the way she had disposed of the problem in such a composed yet assertive manner.

However, after that, she was never the same…

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