The life of a roach is not an easy one – take it from me. If you decide to take a walk, you need to make sure the humans don’t spot you. If they do, there is almost always screaming and running involved. Then you know that you are going to come face to face with the bottom of a shoe or a can of poison. I never quite understood how a creature so much bigger than me could be so afraid of me. Some roaches choose to play it safe and stay hidden. I, on the other hand, am a mischievous roach always out for adventure.
Adventure is the reason why I chose an office block as my home. The variety of humans that inhabit the office block by day keeps me very entertained. By the afternoon, most of them have gone home and I am free to roam where I please at night. It’s just me and the yummy variety of left over lunches. There are no pets at the office, so I don’t have to worry about being chased by a cat. I do have an enemy though – pest control. Their fog is deadly and I need to get away fast when they arrive.
One day I was feeling particularly mischievous and adventurous. I decided to have a little fun with the humans. Well, it was fun to me. I decided to pay a particular human, who hated roaches, a visit. All I did was climb up the wall of her office and sit there for a while. At some point she looked up from her busy day and saw me there. Then it came. The scream. It was so loud I felt the sound waves vibrating through the wall! I hardly had time to enjoy the chaos I had created because the humans in the next office came running. Screaming and running – there is almost always screaming and running.
I decided to do what any mischievous, adventurous roach would do. I spread my wings and flew towards the screaming human. As you may have guessed, the scream got louder and there was more running. I caught a glimpse of the human desperately trying to get out from behind her desk to run. I am almost sure the chair went flying. She shouted to the other humans, “Kill it!” as she escaped through the office door.
That was my cue, I quickly made an escape. Hidden safely away I was happy to hear that I was not the only one who enjoyed the adventure. What I did, became the talk of the office for days. Every time a human told the story, they would laugh till tears rolled down their cheeks. I have become quite a legend.
So if you visit an office and hear this story, know this - the legend is true.
