Memory #43

Before I was five, I opened the front door and saw a monstrous spider standing by the hose. It had skinny black legs that were 12 inches long. They had sockets where they bent in the middle. At the top of the twig legs was a black, bulbous body. It was a tennis ball sized orb with boils on the top of it. The spider was pitch black. It looked like a giant daddy long legs, except the legs were straighter, and the body sat at the top of the legs rather than in the middle of them. It stood just feet from me, and I slammed the door and ran inside.