Being Buddhist, she who must be obeyed is loath to kill things (although she has no qualms about consuming vast quantities of meat that others have killed on her behalf). She was therefore very sad when she removed a snail from a window yesterday and, instead of throwing it on the grass as intended, it bounced off the ledge of the pool and into the water. She was quick to rescue it, but the impact and water ingestion did it no good and it was lying dead on the grass this morning.
Naturally I was sympathetic; suggesting it might have survived if she had given it mouth to mouth resuscitation. I also lightened the mood by calling her “the Pattaya snail murderer”; albeit in an affectionate tone.
As for myself, I was able to boost my karma points considerably this morning when I did my daily clean-out of the swimming pool catch-basket which contained the usual collection of leaves, plus a wee beastie which was struggling in the water. I lifted it out and put it on a branch to dry, and it obliged me by sitting there long enough for a photo before buggering off; giving me a wave of thanks as it did so (possibly).
Feeling very righteous, much more so than the snail exterminator sat next to me.
Comments 🔗
2014-09-21| genuinej saysYou’re all heart!
2014-09-21| Chang Noi saysMay I recommend you the Dolphin Supreme M5, not for the saving or killing of animals but for cleaning the pool. Just realizing … underwater photos!
2014-09-21| Grant saysIs that a wooden nipple under yon wee beastie?
2014-09-22| Andrew saysyou obviously missed the ( very small I admit ) finger it gave you before flying off just for having the damn pool…