a quick little story

Let me just say I am terrified of cockroaches. Honestly, who in the world isn't? Yesterday in school we were in the lab and not doing much (what else is new?) and my cousin who's in my class found a dead cockroach on the floor. He picked it up WITH HIS BARE HANDS and started chasing people around the classroom with it. All of the girls of course squealed and ran away, but I was clearly HORRIFIED by the nasty little insect. My cousin thought this was funny and kept on hiding and popping out with it in his hands and threatened to touch me with it. He was just kidding around, but I did not find it amusing. Supposedly there are deadly snakes, tarantulas and scorpions here. I've only seen the dead cockroach, and I'm praying I won't see anything else. Yuck yuck yuck.