Horrid food #1

The nightmare afternoon tea

I came home from school one sunny summer’s day to a delicious afternoon tea, or so I thought.

I briefly greeted my babysitter Andrea. I looked at the afternoon tea platter. The first thing I layed my eyes on was a  ripe and juicy nectarine, it looked delicious..

I took my first bite.It was so nice! It felt like every mouthful counted, so I took my second bite, and my third - all so delicious. Then I noticed there was a fuzzy little ball coming out of the little hole above the core. A bug! It seemed huge as it struggled  out of the little hole!

It was an earwig!

I screamed and threw the nectarine at my sister, completely by accident of course. She saw what was climbing out of the nectarine and threw it back at me! I threw it back to her! This went on several times, then  I threw it onto the ground. Our sitter, Andrea, finally came out of the kitchen yelling “Alright, alright what’s going on girls”? We pointed a shaking finger at the juicy nectarine on the floor. Andrea went over to it and simply picked it up and put it in the bin! Astonished I said “Didn’t you see what was on it “? She replied in a completely calm voice, “Oh yes it was an earwig , creepy little bugs aren't they! You'll  get over it! ”

I looked at the bin and moaned “aww my juicy nectarine!” Andrea said, “Don’t worry, there are plenty more,” pointing to the afternoon tea platter.

I looked at the juicy ripe mouth-watering nectarines and gave a long sigh. I did not reach for a necterine because I was afraid there might be more of those disgusting black earwigs! Instead I reached for a refreshing apple and guess what? Out came a worm - followed by a beetle!! Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

By Kate