I do not own anything in these stories. All rights go to the creator Chris Savino and the current showrunner, Michael Rubiner. It reveals that Leni has a fear of spiders.
It was Friday afternoon, November 14, 1986 at Royal Woods Elementary and Middle School. In Mrs. Johnson's class, and there's a spider in a tank that the students are eyeing.
"Hey, Frank," Lincoln waves slightly at their class pet, Frank the spider.
Liam waved to the spider, "Frank! Over here, buddy!"
"He's so cool!" Clyde shouted out as he pressed his face up against the glass.
Mollie then commented, "Wow. He is such a cutie."
"I agree, Mollie. Frankie is a cute little spider," Jordan agreed.
Mrs. Johnson sighs as she picks up a class full of different colored pencils and taps it with a single red pen that the kind teachers use for grading. She then suggested, "Now, before we pack up, I need a volunteer to look after Frank this weekend while I'm out of town."
The kids all wanted to volunteer to look after him, especially Lincoln.
Lincoln then begged for his volunteering, "Come on, please, Mrs. Johnson! Me! Me!"
"Lincoln..." Mrs. Johnson paused for a moment, "...you're in!"
Lincoln finally cheered out, "Yes!"
"Way to go, Lincoln!" Clyde cheered out.
"All right, buddy," Mollie cheered.
But all the other kids moan in disappointment.
Mrs. Johnson then gave out an important thing, "Now, Lincoln, I have to warn you. This is a major responsibility. Frank needs to be fed twice and under no circumstances should he be let out of his cage. Unlike me this weekend," she thought about how great this weekend was going to be.
The kids all awkwardly glance at each other over what their teacher meant on that last part and the bell rings.
Lincoln smiles, paying no mind to all the creeped out looks their teacher is getting from the other students, "Well, see ya Monday, Mrs. Johnson," Lincoln grabs Frank's cage and he heads out.
Later, Lori and Bobby were walking their son Lincoln and his friend Clyde home.
"This is gonna be the best weekend ever! Isn't that right, Mom and Dad?" Lincoln said happily.
"I know, right son?" Bobby agreed.
But Lori then explained to him and Bobby, "I don't know, guys. I'm not sure Leni will think so. Remember last Halloween when Clyde dressed up as a spider?"
Flashback to Halloween of 1984 then occurs as the doorbell rings.
Leni dressed as a flamingo comes to the front door, "I literally got it!" and she answers the door to see Clyde in a spider costume.
Clyde tried to scream out, "Trick or tre..."
Leni then screamed out, "AAAHH! SPIDER!" and she then angrily sprays bug spray everywhere and runs out the door while trampling Clyde, "THERE! THAT SOULD KEEP YOU DEAD, YOU SON OF A BITCH!" as she still thought it was a spider.
"I'm all right..." Clyde replied faintly.
It then fades back to reality and Clyde spoke to himself, "She hid in her room for three weeks."
Lori then spoke out, "I saw that. If you ask me, she has an extreme case of Arachnophobia - the Fear of Spiders."
Lincoln then replied, "Yeah, Mom. I remember when my sister Ronnie and I were having lunch together that she said that your meaner sister Leni is terrified of Spiders."
"That's right Lincoln," Clyde agreed.
Lori then stops and turns to the viewers, "If I had to worry about the girls every time Linoln and I wanted to do something, well, he and I would never do anything," and she then turned to Clyde, "Besides, we have a plan. Stealth mode," and she and Lincoln wave their hand in front of his face and changes his expression and he along with Ronnie, Lori and Bobby all sneak with into the house.
Clyde then said to himself, "Now I'm worried."
Lincoln opens the front door to see if Leni is around. Looks like she was.
"SPIDER!" Leni yelled in anger as it looks to see that Leni is being chased by Luan, who is holding a rubber spider over her face.
"AHHHHHHH! GET IT AWAY! GET IT AWAY!" Leni screamed in anger, "GRRRRRRGH! WHEN WILL THAT TWERP STOP HOLDING SPIDERS OVER MY DAMN FACE?!"
"Aw, come on. It's fake," Luan corrected.
"Wait! I think we should cover it up," Lori said as she conceals Frank's tank with her trench coat and hears Walt chirping and covers up his cage with a hoodie.
A few moments later, Lori, Bobby and Lincoln all make it to his room and uncover Frank's tank.
"There you go, buddy," Lori said as she uncovers the tank and puts her trench coat back on.
Just then, someone knocks on his door and it reveals to be Ronnie Anne coming in.
Ronnie Anne then greeted them, "Hi, fellas. Good to see you came back home from schoo..." suddenly, she sees Frank and gasps, "Oh my God! Is that a spider?! I got to admit, it looks so cool! I'd like to get a closer look at it."
Suddenly, Lori swats Ronnie Anne's hand away, "Hey, don't touch him, Ronnie! Frank's supposed to stay in his cage!"
"Oh, jeez, I am so sorry, Mom," Ronnie Anne confessed, "When did you get him?"
Lori then started explaining, "Actually, our son Lincoln here was assigned to watch him over the weekend, and we have to make sure that absolutely nothing bad happens to him even once.
Suddenly, Ronnie Anne rolled her eyes, "Pfft. Well, good luck with that. You probably won't make it out alive."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Lincoln asked her suspiciously.
Ronnie Anne continued, "Well, you all know that Leni has a phobia of spiders, right?"
"Yeah..." Lori spoke briefly.
Ronnie Anne then added, "What if she sees Frank and tries to kill it in a fit of rage?!"
"Ronnie Anne, don't worry. Leni is not going to see it," Lincoln confessed.
"I really hope she doesn't," Lori added.
Just then, the door is heard knocking again and Ronnie Anne opens it to reveal Lana with Lola's doll.
Lana then asked them, "Hey, Lori, Lincoln. Can I borrow the big kid scissors?" suddenly, she sees Frank and gasps, "Hey, what's that? Oh-ho! He's so creepy! Can I play with him? Can I?"
"Lana, no! You're not playing with Frank. He is going to be staying right in this very cage," Lori spoke out in a very stern manner to Lana.
Suddenly, Lana then groaned, "D'oh!"
Then, Lola comes in with angry expression on her face and yelled out, "Lana, give me back my dolly!" but suddenly, she sees Frank, gasps, and squeals, "He's so adorable!"
Lola and Lana then asked together, "Has Leni seen this?"
"No. And we want to keep it that way, don't we?" Lori spoke in a stern tone to Lola, "So it's best if we keep our mouths shut."
Then, Lisa comes into his room and spoke out, "Excuse me, but it appears that some of us are trying to solve for..." suddenly, she sees Frank, "Ooh! Is that an Aphonopelma Chalcodes?"
"Uh...it's a tarantula," Lincoln explained, "My class calls him Frank."
Lisa examines the spider and is in awe, "Fascinating specimen. Has Leni seen this?"
Lincoln then spoke out, "No! That's why we're trying to keep him a..." and in no time, all of the other sisters who are not Leni along with Bobby and Ronnie Anne are gathering around Frank's tank and ogling him, "...secret."
The siblings keep looking at him, Bobby and Lori.
Luna then asked him, "Has Leni seen this?"
Bobby then spoke out quickly, "No! No! You girls, please hear us out! Leni's not gonna see..."
Suddenly, Leni opens the door, startling everyone and started speaking angrily, "See what?!"
Siblings then prepared to covered up Frank's tank, "NOTHING!"
Leni gasps and her siblings gasp back, thinking that Leni has spotted the spider. But was actually something else.
Wait?! Are you planning a surprise party for me?" Leni then realizes, "Wait! Don't tell me. I don't want you to spoil it," Leni then stormed off.
The others sigh with relief.
Lynn started leaving with the others, "That was close. I really hope you know what you guys are doing," and she leaves Lori, Bobby and Lincoln to it.
Lori and Lincoln then look in the tank to see that Frank is looking a little upset.
"Hey, you look a little sluggish, buddy. Bet you'd really like to get out and stretch your legs. I guess a few minutes wouldn't hurt," Lincoln said before he turned to his father Bobby. "Dad, would you mind?"
"Don't mind if I do, son," Bobby said as he carefully places Frank out of his tank and onto his drawer.
"All right. Now, where did we put those crickets?" Lincoln then got the crickets out of his backpack and hands them to Lori, "Here you go, Mom."
Lori giggled for a brief moment, "Thanks. Maybe this'll cheer our tarantula up," but suddenly, she notices he's gone, "Uh, guys? Frank's out of the cage! He's gone!"
Suddenly, it was much to Bobby's annoyance, "D'oh!"
Lori then spoke bravely, "Come on, guys! We gotta find him!"
Lori, Lincoln and Bobby comes out of their room and crawl around on the hallway floor.
Lori gets out a magnifying glass, and they started calling out, "Where are you, Frank? Frank, dear spider, Where are you? Mr. Frankie, are you there?"
Suddenly, they bump into the twins.
Lola and Lana then blurted out, "Where's who?"
Lori then faked relief, "There you are! The two cutest twins in town! Found 'em! See ya!" and she, Bobby and Lincoln all took off.
Lola then said to herself softly, "Hmmm... I guess Lori was talking about me."
Lana then added, "I sure hope so, Lola."
The twins go back to skipping rope. Meanwhile, Lori, Lincoln and Bobby check Lisa's research table and suddenly knock over a few of her beakers.
"What in Schrödinger's Cat?!" Lisa screamed in shock.
Lincoln then spoke quickly, "Sorry, Lis! We'll clean it up later."
"Yeah, there's other important things other than just science experiments!" Lori explained to Lisa.
An explosion occurs which blows Cliff away. Lynn comes running out of her room playing basketball, which worries them.
Lori then got an idea and screamed out, "Lynn! Freeze!"
Lynn then freezes, "We're playing Freeze Tag? Cool!"
Lincoln and his parents then check Luna and Luan's room but suddenly, Bobby gets bonked by Luna's drumstick during her jam session.
"D'ow!" Bobby then screamed out, "Hey! What was that for?!"
"Whoops, sorry, man," Luna said in fear.
"Lincoln and I really dig what you're laying down there, Luna!" Lori said as she and Lincoln check their closet and sees a spider, thinking that it's Frank.
"Aha! I got you now, you clumsy little bastard!" Lori shouted as she grabs a hold of Luan's fake spider.
Luan takes off her Groucho Marx glasses while she was reading a Comedy for Dummies book, seeing what Lincoln was doing and spoke, "What are you doing with my fake spider?"
"What the... Fake? Oh, nothing," Lori said as she hands it back, "Here. And here's your fake dog poop.
Luan's face suddenly shifts into one of disgust, "I don't have any fake dog poop."
Suddenly, Lori, Bobby and Lincoln all revile in disgust, revolving the fact he actually touched real dog poop. But...
"Never mind that. It was a joke," Luan continued as she laughed along with Lincoln and his parents.
Afterwards, Lincoln and his parents resume their search. Lincoln checks his room again and was looking behind his game shelf, having a few NES and Atari 2600 games hit the floor on accident. This gets Ronnie Anne's attention since she was in there reading a comic and she put the comic down.
"Lincoln! What the hell are you doing?" Ronnie Anne asked in annoyance.
"Uh…just…looking for a pencil, Ron-Ron, that's all," Lincoln lied.
"Yeah, Ronnie Anne, like, your brother Lincoln was just looking for a pencil," Lori agreed with Lincoln's lie.
Ronnie Anne then asked them, "What do you need a pencil for? You've got plenty of 'em right here in this room."
"Oh, right! I'll just…go look for one there," Lincoln spoke as he nervously chuckles before he, Lori and Bobby all dash off.
Ronnie Anne then calls after him, "Hey, can you at least pick up my games first?!"
Lincoln and his parents proceed to continue their search in the hallway, heading up to the bathroom door.
Lori then called for Frank, "Frank! Fraaaaank! Frankie, where are you?" and she and Lincoln and Bobby all check under the door, "Frank! Frank, are you there?"
Suddenly, Leni who was on the phone with Chas noticed this, "Chas, it looks like I'm gonna have to call you back!"
Leni then stormed to the bathroom and bursted open the door and started yelling at them, "All right! Come clean this instant! What are you twerps doing peeking under the bathroom door?!"
Lori then confessed, "I'm...uh...looking for Lincoln's contact lens! Oh! There it is!" and she picks up a lint ball and puts it in Lincoln's eye, making it squint.
"Agh! That's better! Thanks, Mom and Dad," Lincoln said in pain before he, Lori and Bobby run off to their room, running past Lynn, who's still standing still.
Lynn then started looking to them with pleading eyes as she spoke through clenched teeth, "Can I unfreeze now?"
Later, Lincoln and his parents were now back in their room and they were starting to panic, not knowing where Frank is.
"Oh no. Oh no! Mom, Dad, what are we going to do?" Lincoln yelled frantically.
"Lincoln! I know this is serious! If they end up killing the spider, our whole class is gonna hate us for letting this happen to Frank! And we probably might find us a new town to live in," Lori spoke frantically to Lincoln, "I feel like this whole thing is our fault."
"Aw, come on, Lori. I know that you and Lincoln will get used to looking after a certain tarantula," Bobby spoke softly to them.
But suddenly, the other siblings open the door with angry looks on their faces.
Leni then began speaking to them in a very angry and enraging tone, "Alright, Lincoln! You don't wear contacts! What is going on?!"
"You've been acting even weirder than usual, bro." Luna shrugs agreeing with what Leni told them.
"And I'm pretty sure you didn't even need a pencil to begin with," Ronnie Anne added.
"Yeah. There's no way you think Lana is cute." Lola laughs pointing a finger at her twin sister who has her thumb up his nose.
Lana picks her nose in agreement and the siblings started to demand answers.
Lori then explained, "Okay, I'll tell you! Well, Frank was looking sluggish, so Lincoln, Bobby and I all took him out of his cage to get a little exercise, and then... once we turned to get the crickets... suddenly, he was gone."
Ronnie Anne then screamed out furiously, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!"
The siblings ramble about Lori, Bobby and Lincoln's idiocy and worry about Leni finding out about Frank.
"Oh, really? It's rude enough rambling about Lincoln's idiocy but rambling all because of me encountering a stupid spider is just ridiculous!" Leni yelled at them, "Now if you'll excuse me!"
The second she turns around, Frank is shown to be on her back and the others scream in horror and follow them to the kitchen.
"Hmmmph! See? I know nothing about it! Just making myself a damn smoothie!" Leni continued as she opens the fridge to get her ingredients.
When her back is turned, it's revealed that Frank is gone again. The siblings mutter about the issue at hand and fear what could happen next.
Suddenly, Leni realized
"Oh, wait! I forgot the milk! So if you'll please..." Leni spoke angrily as she slams open the fridge where Frank happens to be on the milk bottle.
"Wait!" Lisa slams the fridge shut and started lying, confusing Leni, "You're lactose intolerant!"
"Oh, come on, Lisa! I'm not lactose intolerant! I'm tolerant of everyone, whether they lack toes or not!" Leni yelled violently to Lisa before she opens the fridge again.
The siblings then screamed out, "NOOOO!"
The siblings notice Frank's not in that spot anymore. It turns out that Lily waddles in and she giggles "Eee! Pider!" while pointing at the ball of fluff scurrying out of the kitchen. Sadly the loud siblings are too distracted by Leni.
It reveals that Frank is scurrying across the kitchen floor and Luna traps him under a pot. Leni turns around to see what's going on and Luna and Lily pretend to have a jam session by banging pots and pans and utensils together. Leni then digs the beat as she's too distracted by the tune. They look under the pot to see Frank has escaped again.
"So, anybody want to try my new recipe? It's curds and..." Leni paused as she takes a sip while Lincoln notices Frank on the ceiling light, "spinach... ...way... way too much spinach!"
Leni's siblings gasp to see Frank on the ceiling light as well.
"Ugh! I know! What was I thinking?!" Leni continued in a very angry manner.
Just then, Frank plops right onto her glass and Leni looks down.
But Leni, much to her thought, was thinking it's fake and was still angry, "Ha! Nice try, Luan, but I'm not falling for another one of your fake spiders! Though, this one looks pretty real. Wait a minute. This isn't right..." suddenly Frank blinks, leading Leni to realize and screams out in fear, "AAAHH! SPIDER!" and she busts out the bug spray.
"NOOOO!" The siblings screamed in panic as they rush in to try and save Frank but it was too late as Leni unleashes a massive spray cloud to ensure she got Frank.
Leni then started storming off and yelling furiously, "WORST, SURPRISE PARTY, EVER!"
The cloud clears up and Lori and Lincoln spot what appears to be Frank's corpse.
Lincoln then started lamenting, "Frank! No-ho-ho-ho-ho!"
"Why-hy-hy-hy-hy?!" Lori joined in lamenting with Lincoln, "Why would Leni do this to Frank?!" and she and Lincoln started crying and hugging themselves together.
"I just wanna say I'm sorry for your loss..." Lucy spoke softly, "...and that I'd be honored to serve as funeral director," and she holds out a brochure for a business she owns called "Lucy's Lament", "I keep an assortment of caskets on hand. Were you thinking shoebox, or for a little more money, mahogany?"
Lori, Lincoln and Bobby have settled for the shoe box deal, and everyone who does not fear spiders is there to attend Frank's funeral on the front yard.
Suddenly, Clyde arrives with a casserole dish, "Hey, guys. I brought you this big family casserole dish. My nana says that there's no greater comfort in times of grief."
"Thanks. I guess this might as well be the funeral for our hopes and dreams, too," Lori spoke sadly as she referred to her and Lincoln's futures, "Our whole class is gonna hate us for letting this happen to Frank and we probably might find us a new town to live in."
Everyone, parents, kids and pets, gathers around to pay their respects to Frank as Lucy comes up, holding a book and bows her head slightly as Lori helps Lincoln set the box into the hole as careful as they can.
Lucy then spoke to everybody, "We are gathered here to mourn the untimely passing of Frank the Tarantula, a pet beloved by all."
Suddenly, Lola scoffs with his arms crossed, "Except Leni!"
Lana nods, agreeing with her twin and shouted out, "That's right! She's the ungrateful murderer!"
Luna then slaps her balled up fist into her hand and shouts, "Yeah! This is all Leni's fault, bras!"
The others agree, except for Lori, Bobby and Lincoln.
Lincoln then spoke out frantically, "Guys, this isn't Leni's fault. It's mine and Mom's."
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Leni is washing her hands to wash away any and all tracings of Frank.
"Ew! Ew! Ew! Spider tracks all over my hands!" Leni grumbled angrily to herself while she overhears Lincoln.
Lincoln continued speaking, "Look, we knew Leni was afraid of spiders, but Mom and I brought Frank home, anyway. It was a bad idea. I guess we deserve to have my whole class hate us."
Ronnie Anne, feeling bad for her parents and her brother Lincoln, then puts a hand on his shoulder and spoke softly, "Hey, I'm sorry, brother, but now we know Frank's in a better place now."
Just then, Cliff prematurely coughs up a hairball.
"Ew! Gross, Cliff. Please show some respect," Lola spoke in disgust.
"Lola, it's what cats do. They cough up hairballs," Lori spoke in a maternal tone.
Lana then notices something odd, "Whoa, weird! This hairball looks like Frank!" Lana then picks it up and realizes, "Wait a minute! This isn't Frank! It is another hairball. You were right Lola."
Lori then thought to herself, "So Lana knew the hairball wasn't Frank. So that might mean one thing." and she along with the others gasp, "Frank is still alive!"
Suddenly, someone screamed, "AAAHH! SPIDER!"
Lincoln then pointed out, "And it sounds like Leni just found him!"
But Lori then corrected him, "Uh, that wasn't Leni. I know that scream. And it was actually my father! Like when he screamed when he saw a spider last Halloween."
Just then, a flashback to Halloween 1985 occurs. Clyde had come to the Loud House after Leni had mistaken him for a spider and attacked him in a fit of rage. Lynn Sr. approaches the front door.
Clyde then coughed out a little blood, "Oh, hi, Mr. Loud. Trick or tre..."
Suddenly, Lynn Sr. started screaming in terror, "AAAHH! SPIDER!" and he tramples Clyde and runs after Leni.
"I'm all right," Clyde groaned.
End flashback and Luna was grinning, "Dad's afraid of spiders?
Suddenly, a pest control van pulls up out front.
Leni suddenly started talking to them in a very angry manner, "And it looks like our father has got the exterminator right on speed dial!"
"Uh oh, that can mean one thing," Lori realized.
The siblings, Ronnie Anne, Bobby and Clyde all scream out, "FRANK!"
The kids watch as the exterminator gets out of his van and notices two caterpillars.
"Oh, hello, cute little caterpillar family," The exterminator said before he shoots them with bug killer and laughs wickedly.
Lori then spoke nervously, "It's okay, sir. There's been a misunderstanding. You don't need to kill the spider."
The exterminator then replied, "Huh. What are you, Lori?! A spider hugger?! Nobody stops me from getting my spider..."
The exterminator heads into the house to find and kill Frank.
"Oh no! Lincoln! Bobby! We gotta go save Frank!" Lori screamed frantically.
Lynn, still in her freeze tag pose spoke through clenched teeth, "We can help!"
"I can help, too!" Clyde shouted out.
"Don't forget about me, Mom, Dad and Lincoln!" Ronnie Anne shouted out.
The others all request Lori, Bobby and Lincoln to let them help him.
Lincoln then gave out some suggestions, "Okay. You guys distract the exterminator while Mom, Dad and I all look for Frank."
The others head in to do their job, but Lynn is hopping about.
Lori runs up to her and tags her, "Unfreeze."
Lynn now hustles. The exterminator is in the house looking for Frank until he hears Luna from upstairs.
Luna then mimicked fake screaming, "There's a big scary spider in the last room on the right! I hope someone can exterminate this ugly spider!"
The exterminator sprays what looks like a spider and laughs triumphantly, but it turns out to have been one of Luan's fake spiders, making the exterminator flinch.
Luan then taunted while wearing her Groucho glasses and holding a fishing pole with a fake spider in it, "What's the matter? Afraid of a little rubber spider?"
"I ain't afraid of nothin'!" The exterminator yelled furiously.
Lucy suddenly appeared right behind the exterminator, "Excuse me." and the exterminator screams at the sight of her and Luan smiles, "The scary spider went in there," and she points to the bathroom.
The exterminator rushes to the bathroom door and checks under there and sniffs but suddenly...
Bobby then bursts open the door and started screaming, "What are you doing, you big ol' fatso?!"
The exterminator suddenly became embarrassed, "Oh, well, uh...I-I-I-I-I-I-I didn't..."
Suddenly, Clyde appears in his spider costume from last Halloween.
"Roar! I'm a spider. Come and get me!" Clyde shouted out before the exterminator nonchalantly shoves him aside, "I'm all right."
Right then, Ronnie Anne shoots the exterminator's face with multiple darts from two Nerf guns, making the exterminator stumble backwards. She then shouted out the famous, "I'll be back, exterminator!" and she blows on her own Nerf gun.
The twins ensnare the exterminator into a jump rope tangle and high five each other. Lily shoves her pacifier in his mouth, but he spits it out in disgust. Lisa then proceeds to walk up to the exterminator.
"Kids. They can be so juvenile. Mouthwash, buddy?" Lisa shoves the container of mouthwash in the exterminator's mouth, and when he sloshes it, it's revealed to be a little spicy, "Ahhh, my special ghost pepper formula. The tingle means it's working."
Lincoln comes upstairs with the magnifying glass from earlier with Lori.
Lori then spoke to Lincoln, "Wait a minute, Lincoln. Frank's not downstairs. So, that means he must be..."
Suddenly, the exterminator spots the spider and screamed out, "Aha! He's upstairs!"
Lincoln then breaks into a sprint and tries to save Frank, but the exterminator tangles him and Lori with the jump rope and beats them to it.
"Ha! I've got you now!" The exterminator screamed as Frank trembles in fear of his untimely demise.
Lori then started begging the exterminator, "WAIT! STOP! NOOOOOO!"
The exterminator blasts bug killer everywhere, thus dooming Frank. The siblings all gasp at his untimely demise. Just as the cloud dissipates, someone in a hazmat suit appears.
"Huh? What?" Bobby asked in confusion along with Lori and Lincoln.
"WHA-WHA-WHAAAAAAT?!" The exterminator screamed out.
The person in the hazmat suit takes off their helmet and reveals to be Leni, and it shows she just saved Frank.
Lincoln suddenly became overjoyed, "FRANK!"
"LENI! YOU SAVED HIM!" Lori cheered.
"WOO-HOO!" Bobby cheered before he opened up and started chugging down a can of Pepsi while the other siblings cheer as well.
"Way to go, Aunt Leni!" Ronnie Anne cheered.
Exterminator then started threatening her, "Why you..."
Leni started speaking in a strong-willed manner, "Hold it right there, mister! If you exterminate this spider, you'll exterminate..." she pointed to Lincoln, "...this boy and his mother's futures! Everyone will think he and Lori are spider killer and no one will ever trust them again! Do you really want that on your conscience?"
Suddenly, the exterminator realized what he did and started speaking remorsefully, "Wow...I never thought of it that way. Leni, you just changed my life."
Leni, Lori, Bobby, Ronnie Anne and Lincoln all smile hopefully, "Really?"
"Why, of course not, you spider huggers," the exterminator spoke happily, "It looks like I have officially changed my mind. Exterminator is officially out. Here's my bill, bud."
The exterminator plants the bill on Clyde's face and leaps out of the house.
Lincoln then spoke in excitement, "Oh my god! Leni! That was amazing! But why?"
"I heard what you Lori both said at the funeral," Leni spoke softly, "And besides, maybe spiders aren't so bad after all. I mean, this one's kinda cute."
Suddenly, the spider blinked at Leni.
"Ooh! It blinked at me!" Leni recalled in confidence, "And quite a cool one, too."
Ronnie Anne then spoke, "Looks like Leni's finally stood up against her fear of spiders."
"Yep! I sure have," Leni replied confidently.
"Come on, bud. Let's get you back in your cage," Lori spoke softly.
Lisa hums, catching the attention of her siblings, "I always thought Frank was a strange name for a female spider."
Suddenly, Lori and Lincoln's faces pale and Lori bluntly spoke out, "... F..f...f...female...? Lincoln, did you just hear that?"
Lisa then nods, "Mm-hmm. I can tell from the markings. Plus, female spiders always get sluggish before they give birth."
Clyde's eyes sparkle joyously, "Frank's gonna be a mommy?" and everybody was in awe.
Lori then decided to give out some news, "Well, folks, since it's actually a female spider, we should probably rename it Frances."
"Yeah, Frances is a great name for a girl, Lors," Luna spoke happily.
"You know, Mom? It looks like Dad and I have to agree," Lincoln agreed in happiness.
And everybody agreed with what Lori told them.
Monday, November 17, 1986
It is now Monday morning. Frank has now been renamed Frances and all the siblings, except Leni, bid farewell to her as Lori and Bobby begin to take their kids Lincoln and Ronnie Anne to school.
"Come on, kids. Don't want to be late for school," Bobby spoke happily to Lincoln and Ronnie Anne.
Lincoln then started speaking apologetically to Frances, "Hey, we'll miss you, Frances, but Mom, Dad and I are all glad things are finally gonna be back to normal around here."
"Yeah, you'll do great as a mother Frances," Lori agreed softly with her motherly nature.
Meanwhile in Lori and Leni's room, Leni is brushing her hair, "20...21...22...23..."
However, it seems Frances laid her egg sac in the vents. The babies hatch and scurry into Leni's room just as Lori and Lincoln step out the front door.
Suddenly, Leni from inside the house started squealing joyously, "AHHHH! OH MY GOD! BABY SPIDERS! THEY'RE SO CUTE!"
Suddenly Lincoln, Ronnie Anne and their parents have looks look on their faces that just reads "Uh-oh".
"Kids, it sounds like we better get the baby spiders together!" Lori recalled.
With that, Lori, Bobby, Lincoln and Ronnie all get together and rush up to Leni's room to grab the baby spiders out of the room and put them in the tank.
"WAIT, DON'T TAKE THE BABY SPIDERS AWAY!" Leni then became sad, "They're so... cute."
"Sorry, but we have to take Frances back to school," Lori recalled quickly as she and her family head out the door.
Later, at Royal Woods Elementary and Middle School in Mrs. Johnson's class, Frances and the baby spiders are back together in the tank which is back where it belongs.
"Well, Frances. You and your kids are back here at this very classroom," Lori spoke softly.
"I'm sure you'll do great as a mother like my Mom does," Lincoln agreed.
Liam then waved to Lincoln, "Hey, Lincoln! How did your weekend go?"
"It was such an amazing adventure," Lincoln replied, "Mom and I were struggling to look after the spider since Leni once had a huge fear of spiders. But now she's all right with spiders. Especially Frances."
"Well, I have to say! That is such an amazing job!" Clyde shouted out as he nudged Lincoln's arm.
Mollie then commented, "Yeah, Lincoln! You and Lori are amazing."
"I agree with Mollie. You both deserve an easy A," Jordan agreed.
"Lincoln, we're so proud of you for looking after the spider very carefully," Mrs. Johnson happily, "And since your mother Lori helped out, I think you both deserve an A+ together."
And the students all applaud for Lori and Lincoln and they both hug each other in sympathy.
"Well, Lincoln. It looks like we went through another big weekend together," Lori said happily as she continued hugging Lincoln.
"Yeah, Mommy. I think so too," Lincoln replied happily as he hugged his mother Lori back, knowing that the whole school week will be okay.