Insects Stories

 “I wonder if it’s too soon to return to the house yet”, he thought. “Dads been yelling for an hour.” From past experience Jo knew his Dad would go on for another two hours. It always happened when he came home after drinking all day with his mates at the pub. He would come in fall flat on his face on the welcome mat and would not stir for another hour. When they were little his mum would take him and his sister out to th...

‘A’ is for Aphid Aaron Aphid and his brother Pete wouldn’t eat vegetables, their preference was meat Squashed hedgehog, old bones, or even a worm, the thought of fresh beans just made them squirm. Swarms of blackfly flew over their heads heading for the gardeners prize rose-beds I’m not bothered said Pete, not whilst there’s meat I cannot be asked to get up on my feet. Their Mother was livid, green leaves on the vine and...