Tiny Beetle Outsmarts the Crow

The Beetle The Crow A hungry crow fixed his eyes on a nearby tree limb. He flitted from branch to branch in the shadows of the canopy, circling ever closer to his target. “When I catch that tasty beetle,” thought the crow to himself, “What shall I eat first? The head? The legs? Shall I peck out his belly? Or will I eat him whole?” When the time was right, the crow made his move. The beetle munched on some detritus when before him appeared a great black shadow, a demon of the skies. In a whirl of terror and sound, the crow landed. A pair of massive, hooked talons crashed into the tree bark, and a pair of great black eyes peered downward. “Tiny beetle!” squawked the crow. “I have been watching you.” “I bet you have, gay boy.” replied the beetle.

A crow stalks a beetle, imagining how he will eat it, but is startled when a much larger creature appears above him. The beetle then turns the threat into a crude double entendre, implying the crow’s intense watching has a flirtatious or suggestive meaning. It works as an absurd dark-humor reaction to someone being overly focused or predatory.

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