What a Croc
Am I the only one who pays attention to the news? Someone else must have heard of this story.
Seems there was this 3rd grade class field trip in China, and they took the kids to the zoo. One of the little boys, 8 years old (same as FrogBoy, to keep it in perspective), thought taunting a crocodile would be a good idea. He was encouraged by his many friends. The taunting consisted of climbing into the enclosed croc area and throwing things at the animals. (Did he stop to even think about why it was fenced? I doubt it.) I believe the boy's name was Sum Dum Kid.
Long story short, a couple of his buddies go running to the teacher and a park guide because Sum Dum Kid was missing. Guess where he was last seen? Oh, yeah, he went missing from the croc display. And the crocs seemed incredibly happy. They lure them out of the water with a pork chop and the first one that falls for the trick gets sliced open. And lo and behold, they find Sum Dum Kid. Yuck.
Moral of the story? If you're going to throw things at crocodiles, do it from behind the fence. That's why it's there.
2 comments:
Didn't you know that children's eyes weren't made to see fences? Maybe that's something only teachers know...mine are always climbing over...
And obviously NO ONE taught that kid the song about the monkeys taunting Mr Alligator, "can't catch me!"...cause in the end HE DOES.
True story--a few years ago, I had a student (no longer at our school, but thankfully, still breathing) who climbed over the barricade to taunt the brown bears at the National Zoo in Washington, DC.
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