Pet disaster # 2

the first post i had was about my atrociousness
towards my pet goldfishes.
that experience has inspired me for a certain requirement. ;)

anyway, i remembered another pet disaster i had
in my preschool years.
i told my friends about it and i think it's worth sharing.

when i was in preschool, there was an event called Pet day.
Pet day is the day when each student
gets to share their pets with everyone.
i was no animal lover back then until now.
i didn't have a pet. but, come on, what are grandmas for?
a pouted face plus a kiss and hug on my grandma
would be more than enough to get me a pet.
i didn't get to see my pet until the day came.

as i was about to head to my service,
my grandma handed me a jar.
it was a glass jar with a piece of cloth above it
serving as its lid secured by rubber bands.
in it was an insect i've never seen before.
it was brownish with six legs.
it had a pair of antennae and it seemed to have wings.
i stared at it in my service while my other schoolmates were
also having fun with their pets.

we had class like usual.
the pets were collected before class
so as to arrange them for the exhibit.
i was excited to see my pet in the exhibit.
i saw a colorful fish in a fish bowl with colored stones.
i saw a bunny in its cage.
i saw lovebirds in a cage.
i even saw a dog.
i looked hard but saw no trace of my glass jar.

i never got to see that jar again.

now, as i look back to that day,
i realize that my grandma might not have
loved my bribery of kisses and hugs.

my pet was more of a pet with an s before the t.

oh, i have to tell you,
the label on one side of my glass jar said, "COCKROACH".