When I was twelve years old, I learned how to make my first wire scorpion. It was Thanksgiving Day, and I was at the house of some friends of my family for the first time. Fairly soon after arriving, I noticed my cousin Mitchell and a man called Mr. Tim making something. I found out it was a wire scorpion when I came closer, and naturally, I wanted to make one too, so I asked Mr. Tim to show me how, and he agreed. Because it was my first attempt, I had some trouble figuring out how to wrap the wires around the body of the scorpion, but I was able to shape the stinger and the pincers fairly easily. I was excited about being able to make cool looking scorpions for myself. The scorpion didn't look that good when it was finished, but at the time,