Cockroach Stories

Professor Bartholomew Hartfeld sat in a tall leather-backed chair behind a dark mahogany desk. He looked irritably at the clock on the wall opposite his desk. His 2:00 pm was late. He flicked the button on the intercom. “Has my two o’clock called to say he’d be late?” Professor Hartfeld asked. “No, sir,” Marta answered. “Please let me know the moment he arrives,” the professor requested, “but have him wait in the waiting...

Bug one A tiny ant bit in my arse as I sat on the groundAnd asked me: "Will you lift that thing, for if I must go 'round""I'll need a lunchbox, big enough, to last a day, or two""And I just want to be home soon, so move, and let me through" --------------- Bug two A wasp once landed on my nose and asked me: "Would it sting,If would simply settle here and watched you do your thing?"I told him that would not be safe because...

A little story about our cockroach friends Cor! Look at those crumbs left out for me, I’ll crawl out of this sewer and have some for tea. There’s old food galore under the cooker, I’ll take it home for the wife; she’s quite a looker. Just look on the table, no lids on those pots, If I get in that jam, you’ll come out in spots. I don’t like the daylight, nighttimes the best, when I can roam around in my pyjamas or vest. I’...