Walking between the Bunkhouse and the Main House, I look down to see this humongous grasshopper at my feet. My thought: "Hope that doesn't jump on my pant leg!"
Going into the office, I sit down at my computer and a few moments later hear hear this clicking noise to my right. In the windowsill next to me there's this gigantic hopper jumping up and down against the window.
"Oh, drat! It did jump on my pant leg! What do I do now?! It's too big to hit with a shoe, " I thought, thinking of the potential messy mess.
From the kitchen I retrieve a trusty Glad container, lid and all to catch the menace. I put the container over the grasshopper which caused it to jump up and down - hard. It was BIG and strong! I could feel it hitting against the bottom of the upside down container!
"If I slide the plastic container to the edge of the window sill so I can slide the not-flat-lid under it to contain the grasshopper, it might get away. Looking around my office I spy an old Kansas license tag I kept - the first one ever I bought all by myself. I grab it, lift the container slightly to slip the car tag under the container. I move it gently so as not to harm the hopper. I need him to jump on to the license plate - and he does! WooHoo!
I set the container firmly on the license tag and quickly march to the front door to toss the rascal out into the front yard. He (notice I'm calling it a "he" for surely a"she" would have left me alone!) looks a little stunned from all that throwing himself against the plastic Glad container. I turn to leave just as he gets up, shakes his head - the best a grasshopper can shake his head - and hops off.
Going into the office, I sit down at my computer and a few moments later hear hear this clicking noise to my right. In the windowsill next to me there's this gigantic hopper jumping up and down against the window.
"Oh, drat! It did jump on my pant leg! What do I do now?! It's too big to hit with a shoe, " I thought, thinking of the potential messy mess.
From the kitchen I retrieve a trusty Glad container, lid and all to catch the menace. I put the container over the grasshopper which caused it to jump up and down - hard. It was BIG and strong! I could feel it hitting against the bottom of the upside down container!
"If I slide the plastic container to the edge of the window sill so I can slide the not-flat-lid under it to contain the grasshopper, it might get away. Looking around my office I spy an old Kansas license tag I kept - the first one ever I bought all by myself. I grab it, lift the container slightly to slip the car tag under the container. I move it gently so as not to harm the hopper. I need him to jump on to the license plate - and he does! WooHoo!
I set the container firmly on the license tag and quickly march to the front door to toss the rascal out into the front yard. He (notice I'm calling it a "he" for surely a"she" would have left me alone!) looks a little stunned from all that throwing himself against the plastic Glad container. I turn to leave just as he gets up, shakes his head - the best a grasshopper can shake his head - and hops off.
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