Make sure to read part one and two first:
They walked along well lit hallways. The floor rose and fell and the hallways bore left and right as if they were burrowed into the ground. Every few meters they passed a shaft of light from the surface. The walls were paneled in a rich wood with brass rails running down each corridor they passed. Many of the doors had copper plates with figures on them.
Sam ran his fingers over the bumps and textures as they passed.
Soon the hallway opened into a large room.
"You could play basketball in here!" Sam yelled. His echo returned back from the other wall.
"Cool!" says Sam.
"Cool!" says echo.
"Ha!" Sam laughs.
"Ha!" echo laughs also.
An enormous table is set on hte right side of the large room. Before the table is a large wooden floor.
The Ambassador beckons then to the table, and as they are seated several spiders begin to enter the room. Some are carrying large trays and others are draped in scarves and jewels.
As the trays are being set on the table, the costumed spiders begin to dance. Emma is amazed at how graceful the huge insects are, and how complex their dance is. She steps to the edge of the dance floor and starts rocking to the music. Soon a spider stops in front of her and bows low, tapping the floor.
Emma begins tapping the same rythym. The spider leads her in to the dance floor. Emma twirls and jumps and pirouettes, til she is full of giggles.
When the music stops, all the spiders begin tapping their approval. The leader of the spider dance troupe puts a hairy arm on her shoulder and proclaims, "Who knew such beautiful dancing could be done on only two legs? I shall have to create a dance in your honor.".
Emma smiled and blushed. She thanked the dancers and the Ambassador.
As she sat down and looked at Sam she realized he had a six inch grub hanging out of his mouth. Stunned, she looked at the table. It was crawling with worms, grubs, larvae and slime covered eggs.
Speechless she turned to Sam who said, "The eyes are a little bitter, but the rest is like beef flavored marshmallows."
Emma's stomach knotted it self up tightly. She gulped loudly and reminded Sam not to talk with his mouth full.
"I'm just so excited. Permission to see what a bug tastes like. Awesome!"
Sam began swatting and gorging on some large ants while stabbing up red and orange caterpillars with his free hand.
Emma was sure she was as green as the slime covered eggs. She knew though, that she represented Earth and must be as gracious a guest as she could be. She picked out some critters that looked like purple shrimp and was glad to find that they were just like tapioca inside. She was even more glad to see that no one else was eating the heads either.
While Sam ate everything he could catch, and stuck a few slow movers in his pockets, Emma managed to fill up on enough non-wiggly items, that did not stare at her, to be almost full. She was happy that she had a little room left when dessert arrived. It was cold and sweet like ice-cream, but it was blue, and clear like honey. Sheee-Sheee called it 'moon water'.
When the feast was over Sam pushed his plates away and crawled up on the table to lay down. His belly stood in the air and was hardly contained under his little suit of armor. Click-click-tock began to tickle him and after falling to the floor laughing they chased each other around the room and off down the hall.
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