Monday, January 31, 2011

Green Beetle

On the way back from the campo today, a bright green, metallic beetle flew in the truck window and landed on me. As I squirmed to remove it from my person without touching it – you never know what bites here – the driver sensed my distress (which required minimal powers of perception considering I was doing the hokey-pokey in my seat) and stopped the car. He promptly picked the beetle off the seat where I had managed to corral it and tossed it out the window. When I asked if it was something dangerous, he said no, it just smells weird because “brinca muito com cocó”…

It plays with poop a lot.

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