As mentioned in my post Gardening, I once had a fairy garden that I watered too much and drowned. The roots of my plant rotted from the inside out.
Well, many fruit flies were attracted to my fairy garden and they would swarm around my fairy garden, for what purpose, I have no idea. I was quite fond of one particular fruit fly and I dubbed it Foopy.
Obviously, I had no way to tell the difference between Foopy and every other fruit fly and thus many, many fruit flies were named Foopy, but one at a time, of course.
As Foopy was not one fruit fly (as I believed), but many, Foopy lived far past the average life expectancy of a fruit fly.
On the note of life expectancy, look up the immortal jellyfish. It is my favorite animal (aside from spiders, obviously).
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These comments almost as is could be the cutest children’s picture books. The Adventures of Foopy. Later: Floopy Goes to Maine.
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That would be so cute!
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I want a foopy.
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Everyone should have a Foopy.
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I’ve met Foopy up here in Maine. Foopy Lives!
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How did Foopy get all the way over there?
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Foopy is tricky like that! Never underestimate Foopy!
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I will never again make the mistake of underestimating the ability of a tiny insect with even smaller wings to fly miles and miles and miles.
You know, his tiny wings are probably the reason it took him years to get to Maine.
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He’s also an inveterate hitchhiker so his tiny wings aren’t the only means of transport.
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True true. I’d forgotten about hitchhiking.
He could’ve caught a ride with birds, alligators, lizards, planes, cars, circuses, a large number of moving vehicles that were heading towards Maine.
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There was a rumor of a cargo ship where the captain had a banana that Foopy was quite fond of. This is all anecdotal of course.
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Of course. I would never rely on Foopy for facts. He was always prone to making up stories that highlighted his own extraordinary accomplishments.
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Remember the one where he said he’d clung to the space shuttle all the way to outer space? Silly Foopy
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He is the silliest.
He said the moon was made of rock. How absurd. Isn’t it common knowledge that the moon is, in fact, made of cheese?
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You know what I think? He never made it there, but wants to try again. He said it was made of rock so no one would get there first and eat all the cheese!
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I much rather take over Saturn if I were him, what with the rings made of fruit and all.
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Oh yes, they are made of fruit leather. But why stop at the planets, there are tasty candy bars that Froopy might like. Milky Ways and Mars Bars
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Foopy told me that he prefers a healthy diet, though.
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I suppose that’s possible, I did see him on a tomato once.
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And I’ve seen him on rotting bananas.
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Yes, that was his epic banana boat adventure.
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i love the opening lines. and froopy.
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Thanks. Yes, Foopy was quite wonderful.
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