I don't know about you, but down here in the mid-South I have these really
disgusting crickets that always appear in my outdoor storage room on the
patio every summer.  They aren't regular crickets.  They are pale brown and
have extra long "jumping legs" and they can truly jump about 6 feet :)

One of them got into the house this morning.  When I got up to get ready for
work, Persia was in "hunting mode".  She had chased/swatted/followed this
creature into my bedroom right outside of the master bathroom door.  The odd
thing is the cricket "played dead" like an oppossum (or like a roly-poly
bug).  It curled all up and wouldn't move even when she batted at it.  So of
course she lost interest and wandered off.  Even *I* thought it was dead and
was going to pick it up in some tissue and flush it down the drain.  But a
moment later it had uncurled itself and was back to normal.  I called,
"Persia!" She came running and squeaked at me.  Sniffed around it and BOING!
It went off!  And the chase was back on!  I have no idea how it ended, other
than I haven't seen it again since I got home.  Maybe she really killed it;
maybe it's hiding.  Maybe she ate it.  I'm not sure I want to know the
details :)

Jill