Thursday, February 19, 2009

Always a godfather, never a god...

Did you ever try to catch a grasshopper? They're quite evasive creatures. The most funny thing about them is not that they look really creepy and it's also not that a thousand of them could probably eat you and digest you in one of the most disgusting ways possible (don't say it...), the funny thing about them is their uncanny trait of being able to mock you when you fail to claim them as your own.

I mean you're running through the forest, and you suddenly see a grasshopper... You start running after it, faster and faster. It just keeps jumping away and you keep tripping underneath all the twigs and rocks... But every time you fall you get back up and start chasing that little bugger once again. It takes a lot of time and a few bruises to finally hold one in your hands. And the very second you want to crunch up your fist in order to trap it, the mighty grasshopper jumps and runs away...

You again dash after him. But now the road is twice as long, you fall more frequently, you're exhausted... Then suddenly you stop, the grasshopper stops with you as if it felt your despair. At a safe distance it laughs at you and your inability to capture him...

You rest for a moment... Only for just a moment... You take in a deep breath, and off you go... The chase continues.