this is my new friend. his/her japanese name is yamakagashi. i have no idea what this means, but something about living in the mountains for sure. it was roaming around in the hallway near the bathrooms but still inside so it caused quite a stir. i heard a scream outside and then most of the staff went running out to see what it was. i came when i realized that they were all inspecting something. this snake was that something and the poor thing was trapped between a footlocker and a wall. with help from a few teachers who werent afraid of it we got it into this PET bottle and now it is sitting on my desk awaiting its return to the wild after school. we will take a bike ride to the other side of the island at miyanamori park and i'll let it be on its way, but out of the way of people who are eager to kill it. this is a baby and it is a poisonous snake, so i see why they are eager to be rid of it from the school area, but it has a reason for being here just as we do, so i want to let it get back to whatever it should be doing.
you just never know what surprises are going to arise during your days on this island. it seems that one must always be ready for anything that could happen. it is times like this that i wonder what the people on the mainland would do in this sort of situation, or rather, if something like this would ever happen to them at all?
im so glad to be here with this snake on my desk bringing all of the teachers in the building by to see it when it is crawling up the sides of the bottle.
on my way to okinawa this weekend for a week of vacation. the weather report at this minute is looking like we may be having a typhoon while we are there. this could be very interesting and proves to be an adventure for sure. photos and stories to follow.
hope all of you are living and dreaming happily and in good health.
beth
