Thursday, March 19, 2009

The Hornet Nest

Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you are going to get. Sometimes it can be joyful, sometimes it can be sad, maybe in some particular situation you will also find it hopeless, but there is nothing worse than one day you get up and find a hornet nest right in your bedroom, and that is exactly what happened to me last week!

It was in a lazy Sunday morning. I woke up very late and found all my roomates had already been out. After finishing my breakfast, I sat down in front of my desk and started to read. All of a sudden, I saw a huge hornet fly inside my desk. Frightened, I stood up with a jump, but when I tried to find out where this hornet was hiding, it could not be found anywhere. I thought it had already gone so I sat down and went on to read. After about two minutes, the hornet appeared out of nowhere and again flew into my desk! This time I just stood still and waited it to show up again, as expected, the hornet reappeared from under the desk and flew out of my room. However, when I was about to get back to my reading, the hornet came in again. I was so annoyed that I went to the washroom and took a broom, planning to kill that hornet, but unfortunately, it was too fast for me to aim at.

Just at that time my roomates came back. Seeing my stupid posture with the broom, they laughed. Suddenly one of my roomates became serious and warned me that the hornet might be building a nest under my desk. Realizing the toughness of the situation, I kneeled down and put my head into under the desk. To my great surprise, there was indeed a hornet nest!

News always spreads very fast in Eton Hall, after a little while my room was crowded with people, they all looked at the nest and did not know what to do. At last, one guy came out, he took the broom and used one end to stab the nest. The hornet nest was small and unfinished, soon, it was completely destroyed.

After that, I sprayed a lot of pesticide under my desk, and that hornet never did come back again.

4 comments:

  1. Goodness! This is frightening! You should have informed the 'relevant authority' (i.e. security people) and gotten someone to do it. If not careful, you and your course mates could have been stung!

    What a story! [Though I must admit I'd love to see you in that 'stupid posture' with the broom =>]

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  3. Ha ha... It seems that you are going to have some new roommates soon. But don't worry; I think somebody will help you to remove the nest. Actually, I am afraid of hornets. The reason is that when I was a little boy, there was also a hornet nest on our balcony. One day I used a stick to hit the nest, and I was attacked by several hornets. It was so painful. This case really left me a very horrible memory. As we have so many plants in our dormitory, we must face many kinds of insects. Sometimes, we could be so annoyed by these small creatures. Yesterday, my room was invaded by a lot of ants. However, if we keep our room clean and do not disturb the little insects, there is no problem.

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  4. Dear Yingtao

    You did your best to deal with that hornet. The plants and trees around Eton Hall does give you a chance to be so close to nature. But yes, you do have to be careful of the insects, snakes and animals that you will see in this natural environment.

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