A couple of experiences with small animals... Yesterday I was teaching at one of the smaller schools I work at a bit out in the countryside. In the morning the JTE (Japanese Teacher of English is what I've always assumed it stands for...) and I were getting ready to go to the 2nd graders' class. The teacher came into the staff room and asked us to wait a few minutes (I understood that part) and then quickly said something to the principal (I didn't understand that part). The JTE then explained to me that there was a large bee in the classroom where we were going to teach. I asked her if it was THE big bee that is a bit infamous here. She said yes that it was. Suzumebachi. That's usually translated into English as giant Asian wasp, but it literally means “sparrow bee”. Yes, the wasp is so big it's compared to the size of a sparrow. Check on Wikipedia if you're interested; they're amazing, but kind of scary (the biggest wasp in the world). The principal came back into the staff room a few minutes later holding a can of insecticide and said everything was fine, no problem.
Later, right before lunch, I was in the restroom. I reached to take some toilet paper from the dispenser (I was, *ahem*, just blowing my nose). As I pulled on the paper, a small green object brushed against my hand as it plopped out of the dispenser onto the floor. I jumped a bit backwards, and then noticed that it was a small green frog. My startled reaction changed into laughter as the frog seemed to become pretty startled himself and almost hopped into the squatty potty. I picked him up and put him on the outside window ledge, noticing that another small green frog was already sitting there. There was a large rice field right next to the school. The frog had apparently crawled up the wall into the open window. Why he decided to take a nap inside the toilet paper dispenser is a bit more mysterious...
The picture I included is one I took a few weeks ago-I thought the frog looked sad because he was in jail. ("Hey! Let me out!")
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