“Um, a dress?” “Why does it have a tail?” “It doesn’t have a tail. It has a sash. The prettiest pink silk sash with sparkly rhinestones ever made! It makes me look like a beauty queen, don’t you think?” “I think it makes you look like a kangaroo in a cotton candy machine.” “A kangaroo? I love kan...
But then something slides over my right sock and shimmies up my calf. A hundred tiny legs tickle my skin. I close my eyes. Bite my tongue to keep from screaming. Lift my foot, bring it back, and fling it forward. The insect sails through the air and dives headfirst (or tail first, it’s impossible...