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Saturday, August 13, 2016
CRICKETS ARE GOOD FORTUNE
There is a cricket who lives with me now. I like
the sound of his cheeping. It reminds me of the tropics.
Last week it felt like the tropics in northern Ontario.
I would have gone to the bush, but it was too hot.
Anyway, two days ago the bush came to me
in the form of a cricket. He’s a fairly big bug and
I would have stomped on him until I realized
it was my little buddy.
Now he moves from room to room with me.
When I play music in the front room, pretty soon
he starts to sing along. When I go to sleep (at any time
of day or night)I move to the bedroom. He comes over
to the bedroom and sings me to sleep there.
I had a thought: “Gee, this cricket must be getting
hungry.” So I looked up what crickets eat. I found out
they eat anything. Fruit, cabbage, leave a little piece
of meat out for them, they’ll eat meat, too. Or chicken.
Crickets are real scavengers, but then, so are we.
You have to leave a little water out for them.
I’ve done that, so that’s OK. If you leave crickets
in a cage together and you don’t feed them, crickets
will eat other crickets.
I’m going to play a few songs on this recent video
I’m putting together, give my little pal something
to play along with.
The music starts up and in a minute his singing
along. It’s a very pleasant sound.
“Good boy,” I say to him.
the sound of his cheeping. It reminds me of the tropics.
Last week it felt like the tropics in northern Ontario.
I would have gone to the bush, but it was too hot.
Anyway, two days ago the bush came to me
in the form of a cricket. He’s a fairly big bug and
I would have stomped on him until I realized
it was my little buddy.
Now he moves from room to room with me.
When I play music in the front room, pretty soon
he starts to sing along. When I go to sleep (at any time
of day or night)I move to the bedroom. He comes over
to the bedroom and sings me to sleep there.
I had a thought: “Gee, this cricket must be getting
hungry.” So I looked up what crickets eat. I found out
they eat anything. Fruit, cabbage, leave a little piece
of meat out for them, they’ll eat meat, too. Or chicken.
Crickets are real scavengers, but then, so are we.
You have to leave a little water out for them.
I’ve done that, so that’s OK. If you leave crickets
in a cage together and you don’t feed them, crickets
will eat other crickets.
I’m going to play a few songs on this recent video
I’m putting together, give my little pal something
to play along with.
The music starts up and in a minute his singing
along. It’s a very pleasant sound.
“Good boy,” I say to him.
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