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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

My Pet Verbal

My Pet Verbal (6) @ Mt. Hope Chronicles

It all started as a class joke. The word “verbal” is such a funny word, and it reminded us all of a gerbil. I told the students in my CC Essentials class that if I were ever to have a pet, it would be a verbal (because I’m not a pet person, but I sure do enjoy grammar).

On the last day of class, two of the girls came up to me with a gift. A box. With air holes. I got a little nervous. What sort of tutor gift did they get me?! Inside the first box was another box with air holes—a box labeled “verbal.” Yes, this is my kind of pet.

My Pet Verbal (7) @ Mt. Hope Chronicles

What is a verbal, you might ask? How does one care for a verbal? Luckily, my new pet verbal came with an informative—and downright hilarious—booklet. 

My Pet Verbal (4) @ Mt. Hope ChroniclesMy Pet Verbal (5) @ Mt. Hope ChroniclesMy Pet Verbal (2) @ Mt. Hope ChroniclesMy Pet Verbal (3) @ Mt. Hope Chronicles

This is one gift I’ll treasure forever.

My Pet Verbal (1) @ Mt. Hope Chronicles

2 comments:

Jana said...

That is awesome!! Such creativity!

Hannah said...

Love it! Those girls must have been a joy to teach. And you clearly engaged their interest and creativity. Brava!