" Joe's Story " ( Fiction ) By Diana

Oh yeah , yeah , it ummm , can get really slow around here. I mean hours , you know, hours go by. And it's not easy let me tell ya . Some will say , ya know , " Oh yeah I got it made , all I do is sit here all day and night."

But those are the one's , they don't take it seriously. No , no , it's a lot of work yeah.

Patience , you have to have a lot of that ! Those other one's brag ya know. But they don't got it. You watch long enough and you'll see em run off . And then later they'll say " Oh I been out there all day, I deserve a little piece of that !"

But I know , I know. They sit awhile and then when they think you're not lookin' , off they run!

Then maybe they'll get lucky ya know and get a catch. Oh boy that burns me. Like I wouldn't want to be off havin' a smoke somewhere ! But no, I'm the one sittin' here all day. Payin' attention ya know. Sometimes I even shake things up a bit . It really scares the heck out of the kids ! Yeah that's fun. But it can be real dangerous too , ya know .

I knew this guy , big guy, bigger then me. It went to his head. There was this kid that would come by everyday ya know. Well as soon as this guy would see this kid he'd start shakin' that web. Back and forth , to and fro , over and over, faster and faster !

What an idiot . He was to big to be goin' that crazy to begin with . All of a sudden his own web launched him! Poor guy didn't know his own strength . He went flyin' clear across that garden ! And then splat ! It was bad , real bad. Jeez , I really needed a smoke that day . Scared the heck out of the kid ya know , yeah he went screamin' home to mommy , the little wimp.

It's real hard work . Yeah . And you gotta show up everyday. They'll replace ya now ya know. Yeah as soon as ya think it's your spot , you can be outta there quick as a skeeter bite. In the old days ya know, you could take a break, have a smoke and a beer. Ya know , regroup.

But there all doin' that green thing now ya know. Like it's something new, hehehe ! Ah God bless em they keep trying. It all comes back around ya know and they all think it's their idea. Well I just let em have there fun.

Are we done here now ? They catch me not payin' enough attention and ya know , I don't wanna end up like that big guy . O.K. so get movin' or I'll have to start shakin' at ya. Yeah nice talkin' to ya too.