XLIII.
The night is deep.
The news tells of a storm brewing nearby. The cool winds sweep the littered streets and make little unknown pieces look like they're playing tag. Lloyd snuggles on his blue and white stripped bed half covered with trinkets he collected during the week: 5 assorted paperclips all picked from the road, various bus tickets, an invitation to a child's christening, a small iron sun with a ray missing, a brown black bonnet, 2 brown shoelaces, 2 small black button pins in which the letters D and Q are printed, a blue harmonica, a small wooden fishy with puckered lips, a cork, an orange dermatograph, several pieces of cinnamon candies and a four leaf clover. He is tired and never really notices anything that has been mentioned since the first sentence.
TAP TAP BUZZZZZZZZZ
TAPbuzzzztaptaptippitytap
A certain thing is making a racket outside the window. Lloyd finally notices and stands on the bed avoiding littered treasures. Nothing. He goes back to his previous cozy positon and closes his eyes.
TAP BUUUUUUZZZZZ!!!! taptaptap
tippity buzz tap.
What in incarnation?!?!.....there outside the window Lloyd recognizes the thing that's making the noise..
BUZZZZZ!! tippity tap tap
A circular head comprising mostly of two bulging eyes, a long thin tail like a needle, body color green, four wings, spiked legs...Its a Dragonfly.
Tippity thump thump
BUUUUZZZZ!!!
It is desperately trying to get into the room.by banging its body to the glass window. Lloyd looks insde the room and finds the source of the dragonfly's desperation- the light. It is cold outside and this dragonfly must have noticed light coming from this room. it needed warmth and lodging for the night. Lloyd opens the window and lets the dragonfly in. It speedily enters and circles the room, hovering from time to time at certain palces. Finally, it lands in front of Lloyd and rubs its eyes with its two front feet.
" I am mozzzttt ggreaaatttzzzfulllzzz" the dragonfly said.
to be continued...
