The Fly

A true story

By Adam Dargan 

Darkness fell. It had been a warm day and the windows in the Dargan Residence had been kept wide open to allow the warm air to escape and cool breeze to seep in. However, typically not only cool air came through the open window, many flying insects flew in also.
As it was late, the residents of the house were going to bed. To the delight of Adam, one of the residents entered his small room to a cool breeze but was annoyed to hear a loud buzzing of a small fly which was drifting around the room.

The sound was very irritating and was louder than a normal fly and Adam decided that he would have to deal with the fly before going to sleep. It would have been to loud to sleep.

A sleepy Adam began to try and waft it out with no energy to swat the fly.

He began by opening his door, a good start and then waving his hands in the air he tried to waft the fly through it. It was unsuccessfully at the start buy he managed to at one point hit the fly towards the door. The fly darted around and managed to steer itself back into the room.

On numerous occasions Adam lost sight of the fly, with his sleepy eyes and a dark room. He spotted the fly sitting on the wall next to the window.

As Adam moved closer he managed to catch the fly in his left hand as it took off. He whacked it towards the door where his right hand managed to also hit the fly and aimed it directly through the door. With the sight of the fly heading away from the door, he slammed the door behind him in celebration.

However, to his horror as Adam turned around the fly was sitting at the exact same spot! Adam questioned whether he had imagined hitting the fly out of the room or whether he was being attacked by a plague of flies!

Angrily he decided that a more physical approach was needed and he resorted to swatting the fly. He managed to stun the fly momentarily, confusing the creature making it weak and fly slower.

Finally, Adam managed to waft the fly away. He presumed it had lost its life but he could not find its body anywhere and the sound of a buzzing was no more! Happy with himself, he got into bed and wrapped himself in his covers in a cocoon.

After a few minutes Adam had began to doze off, but suddenly an awfully familiar sound buzzed around the room. Adam had chosen to try and sleep through the terror. To Adams dread the fly landed right on his head.
 

This was the final straw, he got up and left the room to sleep in another bed in another not plagued by the fly.
The fly had won! But after a long day, Adam was just too tired!

As I write this short story the fly is mocking me and flying round my head and checking itself out on the mirror.