BIG by John Iwaniec aka taxigringo

THE ENEMEY INVARIABLY ATTACKS ON ONE OF TWO OCCASIONS. ONE: WHEN YOU ARE READY FOR HIM. TWO: WHEN YOU ARE NOT READY FOR HIM.

The alien creatures were terrifying to behold. They had bodies half a mile long and almost a quarter of a mile tall. On six legs they moved about at a blinding velocity.

We couldn’t even identify the humongous creatures until one moved about twenty miles away. In that moment we were filled with awe as we recognized them to be ants.

Divine providence had reversed the biological scale, and ironically, there was safety in our smallness.

With reckless abandonment we ravaged the provisions at their picnic.