Morning registration, children (finally) sitting on the carpet at my feet, when suddenly a shriek pierces the air from one of the girls. There is an enormous spider on the carpet. 30 children are immediately evacuated to their chairs while 'Miss' attempts to continue calling the register, having bravely resisted the impulse to stand on her chair or or sprint from the room, and the trusty TA (Teaching Assistant) dives in to do battle with the intruder.
Unfortunately, she lost it and, as luck would have it, was not around at the beginning of the afternoon session when it suddenly reappeared, right by my feet (Wouldn't you know it?). This time, however, 'Miss' was made of sterling stuff and, grabbing courage with both hands, throwing caution to the winds etc etc, I quickly stamped on it and dispatched it to the Great Cobweb of the hereafter. Brave, innit!
And it was REALLY, REALLY ENORMOUS!!!
8 comments:
Like with a lot of things, size isn't important and my particular scary critters here are fire ants. One bite from them and you're in trouble and they're everywhere.
By the way, Jenny, do you know anything about a huge leek that dropped from a great height and landed VERY near me this morning ???
Ian
Oh, shucks! You mean it missed!!!
How cruel! Surely you could have got a jamjar or a yoghurt pot, trapped the spider and then put some paper underneath. Next you could have carried the creature outside and shown the children that life is precious and that even spiders are worth cherishing. You are a very naughty teacher and for your misdemeanour you will receive some buttock slapping! Now bend over!
Do you want me to drop a leek on you too, YP???
I don't mind spiders at all (unless they're poisonous, obviously). Next time, ring me and I'll be over to rescue it. I like Wales too, even if there's less sunshine there than SOME people may be experiencing.
Daphne, you're on!
Too bad you stomped on it, Jenny. You might have considered dispatching it less violently and using the petrified corpse as a desk.
Dale, I'll pretend you didn't say that! Ugghhhh!!!The very idea!
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