LONGLEGS 91 



ALBERT. A Carpenter was scared into the den of the 

 Longlegs last evening. This morning her head and torn 

 body lay at the door. Then I saw two of the soldiers 

 tackle another Carpenter. She lost a leg below the knee 

 and one soldier lost a jaw. 



CECIL. I saw that. I carried the Carpenter to her 

 home, but the soldier's jaws still held on to another leg. 

 The next day I left a Carpenter at the door of the Long- 

 legs. The one-jawed soldier rushed out, but hiked away 

 in a hurry. 



ALBERT. One of the Longlegs came home last night 

 carrying another that had lost its abdomen, while another 

 one lugged a big-headed soldier. A third carried a salt 

 grass seed, a fourth a bug, and a fifth the leg of an insect. 



FLORENCE. Their soldiers have large brick-red jaws. 

 They seem to have good teeth. I wonder what's in the big 

 head? 



KENNETH. Something, for two of them stood on their 

 heads in a vial of alcohol. 



ALBERT. I ran a stick into the nest of Longlegs, and 

 eight big-headed soldiers came out and searched for me. 

 The one that is minus a jaw is still doing business. 



KENNETH. When I opened the garage door, there lay 

 a colony of Longlegs on the floor babies and all. The 

 soldiers didn't help carry the babies away. 



ALBERT. The following were found drowned in a 

 bucket of water that had been sitting in the garage for 

 several hot davs : 



