Mrs. Cody, who taught the other fourth grade class, was all about science, so in the fall when one of the kids brought in a cocoon attached to a twig, she happily gave it a place of honor in an open terrarium in the back of her classroom.
All winter they bragged about how their cocoon was going to hatch a beautiful butterfly, which they would witness first-hand, while we would only study long division and how Eskimos live.
But when spring came, the cocoon's occupant turned out to be, not a lone butterfly, but praying mantises. Hundreds of tiny green nymphs hopped all over the classroom while the boys tried to capture them and the girls screamed, "They're in my hair! They're in my hair!"
Mrs. Cody's class got all the cool stuff.
What fun to get praying mantises! I would have loved that... beats long division any day!
ReplyDeleteWonderful stuff!
ReplyDeleteToo cute that is awesome, I can hear all the lil girls screaming and the boys trying their best to catch them. Great!
ReplyDeleteOh, goodness! The visual was instant. I would have paid money to see that. And the girls were screaming, "They're in my hair, they're in my hair!"
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAAA!
Run, Tippy, run! Birds, Birds, BIRDS!!!
I love it! I scream at spiders, just creepy...
ReplyDeleteOk, THAT...THAT is my worst nightmare.
ReplyDeleteApparently someone dropped the cocoon ID ball..funny picture you painted with your words! :)
ReplyDeleteWell, all of your got the entertainment though!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is just awesome.
ReplyDeleteNote to Mad Texter:
ReplyDeleteBe careful when mentioning birds around Jeanne.
That reminds me of when a spider had babies on my sleeping bag at summer camp and we all ran around the cabin shrieking "they're in my hair/bed/socks/shoes!"
ReplyDeleteThe really sucked.
Your story, however, was really, really funny.
That must have scared the kids to death but what a great experience!
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