Listening is Key

Today a student came in to the teacher's room visibly injured.

I witnessed the pandemonium and hoped for the worst.

And I was not dissapointed, it turns out a giant raven took a nip out of his wrist.

Killer crows! Somebody call NHK. Baby bears have been trumped.

But....

Actually I misunderstood the vocab.

My ears: "ca-la-su" (Japanese raven)

Their mouths: "ga-la-su" ( Glass)

So...

The student fell onto a piece of glass...

I thought the contrast is pretty interesting: inert glass pane and agile, sharp-beaked raven with a bloddlust for middle school wristmeat.