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Nov. 11th, 2010 10:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nny“Those cobwebs,” she says. “And do a thorough job of it this time.”
“Yes, mother.”
“A fear of spiders is rational, for there are many that are poisonous. I have no desire to have a negative reaction to a spider bite – you aren’t forgetting what I told you about flourishing the duster with more vigour, dear?”
“No, mother.”
“Fear of mice, on the other hand, is unreasonable. We soon cured you of that, didn’t we? The cellar showed you for certain no mouse could possibly nibble your toes off.”
“Not unless they’ve been trained, mother,” she said, and opened the cage.
“Yes, mother.”
“A fear of spiders is rational, for there are many that are poisonous. I have no desire to have a negative reaction to a spider bite – you aren’t forgetting what I told you about flourishing the duster with more vigour, dear?”
“No, mother.”
“Fear of mice, on the other hand, is unreasonable. We soon cured you of that, didn’t we? The cellar showed you for certain no mouse could possibly nibble your toes off.”
“Not unless they’ve been trained, mother,” she said, and opened the cage.
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Date: 2010-11-12 02:16 pm (UTC)Creepy and very very well done.