The grotesque pet cage

There is something that I had missed out on, in my previous blog. I will dedicate this blog to that something. So, a month back, my youngest student came to me with an old pen case. By a pen case I mean the plastic pouch/box inside which pens are kept in a shop. I hope I have been able to convey the idea properly. So these plastic pouches also have a transparent plastic sheet right on the top that gives the customer a glimpse of the pen that's inside. Why am I telling you all this? Here's the fun part. So this student told me that she had kept her pet inside it. And I was very keen to find out what pet it was? So, she showed me a black carpenter ant that she had kept inside the pen pouch. It doesn't end there. She also told me that she would love to have another black ant to make sure that it can give company to the other ant that was inside. She showed me the little hole that she had made for the ant. The hole was more like a ventilator for the ant according to my student. Two pieces of puffed rice a day, was the ant's food. I was little surprised to be honest. Hardly do I come across such instances. My students never fail to baffle me.