You leap away with a start. It's a hideous 8 inch long centipede scuttling away on its hundred legs into the
rotting wood debris adjacent to the log. The wound throbs with pain. You are a bit disoriented, have a low
grade temperature and are sweating. You need to get medical assistance, but you aren't quite sure which way is
back out. You make a decision, but actually plunge deeper into the woods. You hearing becomes more acute the
farther you go into the woods. You can hear tiny creatures scampering all around you. You hear a tiny high
pitched scream, and move to investigate. A lady bug is screaming. She is caught in a spiderweb. You reach to
free her, and hear a threatening hiss. You see the spider glaring at you with its eight shiny black eyes.
Since when do spiders and lady bugs make sounds?
You are taken aback and feel weak, clammy and hungry. There's a tree stump nearby. You sit for a moment. You
find yourself chewing and spit out a slimy wet ball of sawdust. You look down at the rotten stump where you
have been scooping out the saw dust. It is teeming with beetles, larvae, worms, and other insects. You've been
swallowing them. You feel a bit better now. You put the bugs you just ate out of your mind, and remove your
shirt to investigate the throbbing sensations you feel up and down your sides. You see tiny welts parallel to
one another forming columns from beneath your armpits on either side of your body. You decide to see how far
down the welts or rash goes on your body. You stand, and notice that the hem of your jeans is now several
inches above your ankle? You are growing taller? You undo the belt and pull down your jeans. The strange
throbbing welts run down your entire torso stopping at on your thighs below your waist, but not below your
buttocks. You also notice that your lower body seems longer - not your legs though. The distance between your
belly button and pubic hair now is about 4 or 5 inches more than before. That explains why your crotch felt so
tight. You pull your pants up but secure the belt lower below your waist. You start to move again, but you
forget your shirt. Your stomach rumbles. Those bugs weren't that filling after all. You need meat, you need
larger prey.