Survive,Breed and Multiply

Life is dry now and so are my eyes. I cried all the night and there are no more tears left in my eyes. A single night has taken away everything from me. I lost my wife and 20 children yesterday night. iss! my body is paining like hell. I lost two of legs. I am unable to move in my usual speed. I am completely filled with grief and revenge. I have to take revenge on this creatures but I am so small infront of them. I just can't do anything. I am helpless. what should I do know? I have no feeling to live now. For what should I live now? For whom? I hate myself. Atleast I couldnt get my wife's deadbody. I wanted to die. I went near the fire. Its very hot. I wanted to jump into that. Then remember an old voice inside my head, which said "Live! Live as long as you can!Survival is our aim".


I closed my eyes and remembered that scene.It was my third birthday. My grandmother brought a sweet for me and I ate it with delight. I have never eaten such kind of stuff. I asked my grandmother "when will my next birthday come?". she laughed and said "after one month". And then she kissed my head and said "May God bless you! may your live completely and celebrate your 25 birthdays (~ 2 years)".

And then she said "Baby! You are old enough now.Let me tell our great history. This is the information that I heard from my grand parents,which is passed down from millions of our generations. We, cockroaches, are considered to be living from very very long time (300 million years). Some of our ancestors have lived with gigantic creatures,whose feet can cover millions of us.Those were the dangerous times. Time has changed, some creatures are not seen now-a-days.New creatures have evolved. But we are the ultimate survivors. It has always been a tought time for us. There are enemies every whereever,especially these creatures called humans, try all possible ways to kill us.We have survived in all possible living conditions.O my dear! As you grow old,remember only one thing in your life.Live! Live as long as you can!Survival is our aim.Survive,breed and multiply as much as possible.Happy Birthday my dear".


I understood my duty. I know what to do know. I moved slowly. First I went to the big basin where water used to come suddenly as a flood for sometime and stops suddenly (sink). This is the place where we lived when I was young. Whenever there was water flood, I used to go into it, float for some time and come back. It was fun time. I went there and found two of friends there alive.I told them my plan. Then I moved ahead.

I went to the (dust) bin, where I fell in love with my wife some time back. I was very hungry and was running to find out something to eat. This is our favourite place. We can find readymade food at any time here. I ran fast onto to the top of it. Then I found myself moved away from ground. Ah! I realized that someone is picking up that bin, I closed my eyes and jumped down. I have observed that someone else is also falling along with me. When I landed on the floor, I saw her from my half closed eyes.She saw my situation and offered the food that she was carrying with her. It was a beautiful experience. "OH! you are alive?". I came back to sense and found my uncle there. I told him the plan and move ahead.

Then I went to this place, which is almost always moist (bathroom). This is the place where I proposed my wife. After that bin encounter, I moved all around to find her. I have waited a long time at the bin, to find her again. She came there once. We moved around there, collected some food and when we are about to leave, I asked her how to find her again she told me that she will leave traces of her (called phermones) smelling which I can easily find her. It was true. After some days, I felt like seeing her. I had traced her and found her in this place. I proposed her. She said Yes. Now. I found some of her relatives and told them the plan.

Then I moved ahead to my favourite place. This is a small place. The inside of it is very cool and when we come out of it, it is very hot (Refrigator). This is a special place. Here we have spent the first days after our marriage. It is splendid inside that box. We made our first love here. I found some of the young couples enjoying their honeymoon here and told them the plan.

And I moved to all those places, small small holes, darker spots, where I hide my wife, when she was pregnant. Now, I found some of the pregnant ladies and told them the plan.

The plan is this, one member from each family will come and attend the meeting. I choose one dark,warm and humid spot as the meeting place. This is the place where my wife produced the eggs of my 20 children and hatched them.


I went to the meeting spot and waited there for everyone to arrive. When sufficient coackroaches have come I started my speech. "My dear fellow coachroaches! Yesterday we have witnessed one of the greatest massacres I have ever seen in my life. I lost my wife and my 20 children. We have to take revenge. Everyone of us. Don't bother how? You might be wondering how we being such small creatures take revenge on those creatures. Yes we can! It is very easy. I will tell how!

I once happened to fall from the top on to the head of a human. With the help of a smooth slope(hair) from it's head I ran fast to the floor. It(she) saw me and jumped and screamed. Another human saw me and tried to kill me. Thanks to my speed (12feet per sec) I have escaped successfully. So, I concluded that some of the humans are scared of us.Now,our job is to scare them more than they have ever thought to be.

How? Simple. Surive, breed and multiply. These humans use many techniques to kill us. First of all, they will reduce the waste left on floors and bins. We need to attack every piece of food that is found. Most of the humans,don't clean that dirty-stinking-moist place (bathroom) well. That is the best place for us to survive. Go there! You can multiply 100 times before then can find out.Then they use some white colour powder(boric acid) to kill us. Never ever eat that. You will slowly die if you eat that stuff. They use some baits and traps to catch us. Never eat any substance that you find to be suspicious. Whenever they try to kill you by beating. Just run. Run as fast as you can. Remember they being big and stout can't move as fast as we can. Sometimes, they use a spray which used to kill us. Now we have become immune to that. Breed well and pass your immunity to your next generations. Now this is the mantra 'Survive,breed and multiply'. Let us all multiply by 100 times as soon as possible and let us show them our power, our right to live". Everyone nodded happily. I am happy. Very soon(within 2 weeks), my limbs are going to grow back. After that I need to find a new wife and start my revenge. I moved away hearing a loud scream "Survive,Breed and multiply".

P.S:- Yesterday night, we killed some lakhs of cockroaches in our room.I myself have killed thousands of cockroaches with my hand (first time in my life). I felt bad about that. This blog is dedicated to all those cockroaches which were killed in that massacre.