The Contingency Plan

The small, wriggling weevils were discovered while the cleaners were washing the dishes from the night before.

There were about 15 of them on the kitchen ceiling, shiny, white and wormlike. We raided the pantry and found more in packets of flour and self raising flour. I think they like the plain variety better.

Suddenly everything was being thrown out or opened and poured into containers. Cereal, custard powder, bicarbonate soda, corn flour, bread crumbs. The shelves were cleaned. The garbage thrown out. The room sprayed with insecticide.

Lucas had a dream that night about them. The cleaners weren't there. We found them, killed them and then buried them in the garden with little plaques that contained their names.

Weevil Canevil, Clevil, Super Weevil... the list went on.

Weevil Canevil, ha ha, that's good!