Arabella screamed. “They leap too?”
“Like a kangaroo trying to win first prize in the high jump,” Summer
confirmed. She was having way too much fun with this.
She totally knew the spiders were in the boat when they got in and she’d
left the
m, knowing Arabella would take the backseat. It would have served
Summer right if those spiders got a hankering to move on up and landed on
her face while she was driving. June smiled at the thought.
As Summer moved in, Arabella stood up on her seat like she was ready
to jump overboard if something went wrong. There was a very good chance
that it could. June was on board with the idea of jumping ship should those
spiders get past Summer.
Using the paddle to prod the first, largest spider, Summer had the life
jacket ready. She made the thing run onto it then quickly flipped it over the
edge, sending the spider flying. There was an island not far, a small one
with rocks and trees, and the spider skated along the water neatly, heading
there for refuge. The second one followed suit, heading for the island as
soon as it was flipped overboard. The third had other ideas. Summer got it
into the water just fine, but instead of swimming away, it turned around
again.
“Oh, my God!” Arabella screamed. “It’s trying to come back.”
“We’re about to be boarded,” June yelped. She grasped her seat
anxiously, ready to leap up onto it should it be necessary. Leaping into the
water was no longer an option.
The last spider was swimming furiously around the boat, some kind of a
world record swimming bastard of a determined spider, coming to the back
where it was lowest and where it could use the motor to climb out of the
water and back up for safety.
“Stay clear, you little beggar,” Summer yelled at it. She leaped over the
seat, right past Arabella, and landed in the driver’s seat with a thump. She
