Being an unsentimental woman and somewhere even harsh, since childhood I cannot stand the mannered lady's behavior, which is called "girlish". "Fu, spider! Take it away! "
The women of our family are extremely courageous and fearless. Nekrasov wrote about burning huts and galloping horses, as if he knew one of us. Or maybe he was - with someone from past generations.
We are absolutely unaccustomed to such adorable types of behavior, as, for example, to flop unconscious at the sight of some "nasty" insect like bugs, spiders or even mice. We do not squeal shrilly and femininely charming, and do not ask to "remove this abomination immediately." We do not consider it as such.
Just think - a spider. Why shout something? Spider-Man would have made a much bigger impression on me, and I would undoubtedly take advantage of his sudden appearance, following the example of the Kid who exploited Carlson.
When I was little, we lived in a private house with terrible conditions. There were mice, cockroaches and ghosts. The latter I was most afraid of, and I was friends with mice. In them I saw adorable miniature creatures, I was touched and surprised how quickly they move around the kitchen if you suddenly turn on the light at night.
All my life I've had hamsters, rats, guinea pigs. Girlfriends with plush Scottish Fold or bald sphinxes wondered: "Why do you need this muck?" And a funny hamster is dearer to me than a cat that looks like the Petelinka chicken from Pyaterochka.
And last summer my mother called me... She and her husband live in a private house with their own garden, where my mother grows flowers. She goes out into the garden to take a rug (it is necessary to wash it). He takes a rug, and under it, curled up in a ring, lies a snake!
“Do you think I screamed? - says my parent - No, I began to examine her! " (curiosity is also our family trait). She called her husband, who squealed: "Kill her, kill her!", Shouted a neighbor in the area, who was in solidarity with him. The snake, according to mom's estimates, turned out to be a snake, and she deliberately began to make noise in order to drive it away. And then all sorts of "radishes" had unreasonably bad plans on her account.
And we are really afraid, perhaps, only of the darkness. But this problem is easily solved by turning on the light. That's why we have such crazy utility bills ...
When I see women who are not afraid / love / keep unglamorous animals, I internally rejoice and dance. Loving cute kittens and cute puppies is easy and simple. And you warm the snake on your chest! Well, or a guinea pig, at worst. And so that without screeching!
© Yana Stoyanova
