The Untold Story of Beetles

Long long ago, before the creation of cellphones, in a country so remote that it was totally isolated from the rest of the world, lived a family of beetles. I don't know what a beetle is, I just happen to like the way it is pronounced. This family of beetles loved music. They listened to it all the time. The Beatles were their favourite band. They would listen to them the whole day long. They knew all their songs by heart, and Betty, the youngest could already play half of their music on her small guitar without any help from her two older siblings.

The mama beetle once got very sick. She was confined to bed and the doctor prescribed all sorts of bitter tasting drugs for her. Her family was worried about her and to ease away her pain, all of them would gather around her bed and sing for her, while Betty played on her little red guitar. It worked well, for in less than three weeks, the mama beetle recovered, to the great relief of all the family.

The beetle family lived in peace and harmony with both nature and other beetles. They were peaceful and kind and their children were good at school and extremely well behaved. It would be mean of me, therefore, to try to imagine some kind of complications for them. One cannot sacrifice a beetle family for the sake of a plot, or can one? I don't know... I won't do it. Not today anyway. I'll sacrifice the story and leave the beetles in peace.

Don't be disappointed. After all, these beetles are my own creation. How sick of me to create beetles and then to make them suffer, especially when I can do otherwise! My beetles are nice and will get nothing but nice things. They will have music, they will have love, they will have chocolate and ice cream, oh and they will have pizza! Loads of pizza. They won't feel hungry or miserable. They won't know hatred and wars. They'll get worried about one another from time to time, just to express their devotion to each other. Nothing serious or life threatening.

I might change my mind though, because I am moody. So until then, think about it if you like... the creator of beetles and stories but especially beetle stories... miseries... plots... beetles... good night.