Here I am, kickstarting A to Z Challenge . Hold on to your seats as here comes the first in the series of “Home Affairs of Elephant Warriors”. This is a funny take on my sibling and her life as a veterinary student.
Why Elephant Warriors?? Well, Hati (which means Elephant in Hindi) is a part of my surname. Yeah, imagine living your whole life with Elephant as your surname. More on that later, today ruddy animals will create a ruckus here in my blog.
We grew up with some dandy dogs jumping around us. But our love for the animal kingdom wasn’t just limited to “man’s best friend”. My sister was hell-bent on cultivating a spider farm. She would climb up the roof, catch spiders the size of my palm and place them in bottles with holes. Since she didn’t have a separate desk for her collection, all of them would be stacked on my study table. So instead of solving differential equations, I would be watching spiders devouring their prey. Geeshhhh still gives me heebie-jeebies.
Her stay in the college hostel wasn’t bereft of any ‘pet’ty adventure. She was studying veterinary science. Once when I went to meet her, she happily said, “Di I want to show you something. It’s very very special”. I thought it must be some cozy mushy thing that “someone special” must have gifted her. Little did I know that the sight would haunt me forever!! Safely tucked in a box, marked and labeled in her beautiful cursive handwriting, was her Beetle carcass collection. Yeah, bones head and every effing creepy thing.
My sister has quite the skill set. She can paint, dance, stitch goats, fight with kunfu cows, stick her hand in cow’s tussy and is an excellent cook.
That’s my kid Sister – Life of veterinary student
Although once she started dissecting rats during her holidays, in our living room, Mom, myself, and Mahi(mother’s sister) forbade her to enter the kitchen.
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" She can paint, dance, stitch goats, fight with kunfu cows, stick her hand in cow’s tussy and is an excellent cook."
I stand in awe.
anna
Deeply Shallow
Wow such a wonderful start to A to Z .. it was so funny .. waiting to read more about animal kingdom.
Dissecting rats? Now that's an interesting hobby. But it's awesome she has so many talents!
wow ur sister is a real inspiration!
What exactly is your sister doing to that goat? Wonderful start of the challenge.
She was stitching it's ear 🙂 thank you so much 🙂
spider are def. ugh:( could probably handle the carcasses – used to collect bones and skulls myself as a child but spider the size of . . . no, no, no! I like the sound of your sister is she the crazy one or will I discover you are as well? maybe all the elephants are – loved them as a child – have photo of self just after the war riding a baby one. great start to a-z:)
Hehehe we both are crazy … so is my bro… I am sure you will feel the same after reading all my posts 🙂 thank you so much for writing in
Whoa!! Capturing spiders?!! So glad that wasn't my study table! 😀
Hahaha 😀 still haunts me … thank you
I was so scared of cockroaches, but when in 12th I had to dissect them… and the terror I used to induce in my brother with the very mention of that… 😉
Hahaha you mischievous girl 🙂 thank you for writing in
You must be so proud of your sister! I might have to draw the line to dissecting animals. UGH! LOL
I have never done any dissection of any kind 🙂 thank you.so much
Lovely, Rajlakshmi. You're sister is brave and I'm sure you're so proud of her.
Yup very proud 🙂 thankyou so much 🙂