Sleeping Beauty a tale of the periodical cicadas

摘要

Under the ground, attached to the roots of trees in towns across America, there lives a mass of strange alien creatures. Red-eyed and sinister-looking, they emerge rarely, but when they do they overwhelm the villages and cities. They have interruptedmusic festivals, inspired haiku poetry and can be made into a delicious stir-fry (allegedly). They are the periodical cicadas.