The “Jammed” Grasshopper Story
It was a nerve biting, emotional experience with an hefty insect at our home recently. A gigantic, pista-green grasshopper - with long legs and short antenna - peeked into our kitchen, in absolute silence. Fearing its painful bites, We started chasing it away. I and Amma(mom) were such a determined “shooing-away” team that the hopper not knowing where-else to escape, it jammed itself in between immovable, narrow glass doors. With sudden dramatic turn of events, feeling awfully upset and guilty, We rigorously made every possible attempt to free its tussle. Into the tiny teeny glass door’s gap, we carefully plugged in varied shapes of tools - long forceps, coriander stem, curry leaves stem, a thin string etc. We were operating in a mode of tension and guilt to save the jammed creature’s life. The more we tried to help the poor creature to get out of the suppressing narrow glasses, the more it got pushed towards the closed wall. The hopper wasn’t ready to grab support - it was in pa...