The Metal Box

left the house and began my walk. After walking several blocks. I noticed a large metal
box sitting alongside the road. This was not your typical box you see… it had a motor humming inside. On one side of the box was a window and beneath the window was a small
sign. It read, “Penny for Your Thoughts” and next to the window was a coin slot. I found

this to be interesting. I decided today was perfect for box watching. Across errorslot  the street was a bus stop, with a bench, so I decided to sit and watch the box for awhile.

Slithering along the walk towards the box was a snake. “…Hmm, what’s this?”, the snake asked. He got closer to the box to read the sign. I have some thoughts, he thought. So the snake inched his way up to the window and whispered his thoughts with his forked tongue.

Sure enough — No false promises!

He felt the box vibrate. Clankity, clankity, clank! A large copper penny slipped out of the coin slot. Amazed at his fortune, the snake took his penny and glided away.

After a few moments a long legged spider sauntered up the walk. He too saw the sign. “Well…” mused the spider, “I have lots of thoughts, what’s the harm in leaving one itsy bitsy behind.” So the spider tossed a sticky thread onto the box and climbed to the window to leave his thought.

I could hear his thought from across the street; “My daddy says, silence is the sound of a spider weaving its web.” Clankity, clankity, clank! A large copper penny slipped out of the coin slot.

“Wow!”, said the spider. “Now I