Not if you ignored the fact that he repeated everything he said, and if you didn’t mind that he jiggled like a Jello boy. He never sat still. But he had ideas. He was full of ideas. “Count the sections. Count them,” he said, as he hovered over Jeremy. “How many are there? How many?” “I don’t know. More than ten. It’s hard to tell,” Jeremy said. “It moves all the time.” Just like you, he thought. Aaron bent down to see too, his nose so close to the mealworm it was almost touching. “Lookit his legs. Lookit his legs. Can you see them? Can you see them? Can you?” “Not with your head in the way,” Jeremy said. He was surprised when Aaron actually moved aside and gave him a chance to examine the mealworms with the magnifying glass. “I think there are six,” he said. “Six? Six legs? So it’s an insect. It’s an insect. Insects have six legs. Here. Lemme see.” Aaron grabbed the magnifying glass. Jeremy sucked in a mouthful of air. His fingers curled into fists.
What do You think about The Mealworm Diaries (2009)?
