100 Word Stories

I'm watching a spider climb up the side of this fence.

This is fascinating.

It extends each leg, one by one, and pulls itself along.

It's graceful, smooth â?? like walking your fingers up the board.

But with a spider. More legs.

For five minutes, I watch it, but it feels like an eternity. Like watching the sand run out of a gigantic hourglass kind of eternity.

When the spider reaches the top of the board, it slips around the edge and stands in the sun.

A bird swoops down and eats it.

For a moment, I stand there, just staring.