ATTACK
of the
AQUATIC ARACHNIDS
Thursday, July the Fifteenth
We are traveling across the Pacific on this magnificent floating island! Built by the Japanese to be the most luxurious hotel and amusement park that ever crossed the ocean, it is roughly the shape of a great whale. There is such an expanse between shores that you need not see the other guests if you choose to spend some time in solitude!
Below decks is a sort of submarine where the worker robots create steam to propel the vehicle through the water. They even have the most modern of conveniences, a telephone!
I sent a telegram to Aunt and Uncle to be ready for a telephone call from across the world! It was so delightful! I merely picked up the receiver and said,“ Are you receiving me?” and they replied,“ What?” Can you believe that we could hear each other practically a hemisphere away!
“ What did you say?” I asked, and they replied,“ Can you hear us?” Ah! It was the absolute height of technology!
Suffice it to say, I decided to take a stroll around the island, instead!
I was strolling around the island with Thunderboy, and as we passed through the jungle portion of the island, near the center, there was a giant vent( like a blow-hole on a whale) where steam was released, and there we saw what looked like giant spider webs spun around the chasm. It would be quite interesting to see so many tiny spiders living together in close proximity, but I dared not venture too close. I was wary of both the spiders and the giant blasts of steam that burst forth from time to time. Those spiders must be attracted to the steam?
Later, I decided to go paddling on the beach. There was a gramophone provided there, and Percy, Thunderboy, and I danced about most gaily. It made me laugh. We decided to play a round of badminton. After hitting the shuttlecock back and forth a few times, Percy managed to launch it wide into the sea. He went to the basket to pick out another, and to his horror he instead pulled out a 12-inch spider!
Startled, the boy tossed the creature in my direction! Why, of all the impulses to have, tossing a spider at a lady has to be quite the most vulgar! I quickly thrust my racket out and hit the giant spider back. He reacted in kind, and there we were, having a badminton round with a giant spider! Neither of us wanted it to stop, for fear of it landing on our persons!
Around that time, swarms of similarly-sized spiders started coming out of the jungle! Large, horrifying spiders with their spindly legs began to crawl all over my bare feet! Oh, how my skin