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There's More

I forgot to tell you about the end of that 'What a Day!' post from Wednesday. The rain was gone, things were mostly cleaned up, and we were all sitting at the table for dinner. Taylor asked me to pass the butter. I passed him the large plastic tub that held the Dorina, the local margarine. It seemed rather light to me, but I figured it was almost gone. I had returned my attention to my plate, when almost immediately Taylor jumped straight out of his chair with a scream and then started crying. As he ran around to Ellyn's side of the table, I too got a good scare. Hanging onto the table cloth right next to me was a tarantula! It didn't take me long to figure out what happened. Ellyn put the tarantula in the Dorina container to frighten us. Meanwhile, Taylor was curled up in Ellyn's lap, crying. Try as she might, Ellyn couldn't stop laughing about the whole thing, and I was pretty mad about such a mean prank. Taylor and I were both upset at Ellyn, and it was five minutes before either of us could laugh about it. Later that evening, while Ellyn and Dustin were reading, Tay and I charged in the room to scare Ellyn. She jumped and screamed, and then we all sat on the bed talking about it. Ellyn knows Tay and I are up to something, and someday soon we'll get her back. We're keeping our eyes open for a snake!