centipede

A wise man once told me an ancient secret that guaranteed catching of a centipede within your home. It goes something like this…

If you see a centipede in your home and fail to catch it, this is what you need to do. Get a piece of raw chicken. Then inject poison to pollute this poultry. Next place that poisonous chicken near the last sighting of the centipede. Now leave and wait…

You see, in ancient folklore, the centipede and chicken are symbolically linked like the yin and the yang. Both creatures are simultaneously attracted and repelled by one another and cannot exist separated. There is no East without the West, no North without the South, no centipede without the chicken.

So back to the story… Upon return, you will find the chicken and its soulmate, the centipede, together again but this time linked by death. I was so amazed by this tale and its venerable wisdom that I forgot to ask an important question – what kind of poison do I use?