Missing Pet -- Goes by Fang

Fang has died. I strongly suspect he met his demise. It is possible he lives on, but I doubt it and I certainly hope not.

For those unaware, Fang is a spider. He just showed up outside my bathroom window one day. He was orange and black, mostly, with a largish body, multiple eyes and glistening fangs, hence the name.

Thank you Party City for the reasonable
facsimile of the large spider outside my
bathroom window!

I've recently adopted a 'live and let live' policy and have tried to stop killing pesky bugs. Spiders included. Needless to say, it took considerable restraint to not open the window and spray heavy duty bathroom cleaner on this morning intruder.

When he first appeared, I tried to name him Charlotte. I tried some other cutesy names, but it's a spider! None of them stuck. Then I tried Fang. Obviously it was male because the name Fang just worked.

I talked to him every morning. I warned him that he was getting too big for his britches. I told him there was a good chance a bird was going to come along and eat him. I told him he was much to brazen just hanging in the middle of his web like that in plain view.

We carried on this one sided relationship for the better part of a month. One day... Poof! He was gone.

I kept an eye out for Fang for nearly a week afterward. Nothing. I still glance out the window in the mornings, but I don't really expect to see Fang anymore

Please don't delude yourself into thinking I became attached to a spider. Good riddance, and the next spider might not be so lucky...

Sniff, sniff.