The day of the leech

  (With due apologies to Nissim Ezekiel)It was the day of Zoology practical in our third semester .We reached the lab only to be told that the practical for the day was dissection of leech.We were told that the leeches were  alive and we had to wash them and ready them for the dissection. With fluttering hearts and trembling fingers we did as we were told. Throughout the practical periods we were obedience personified. When we finished with the creatures we rushed back to our hostels for a bath and lunch-we felt nauseated by then. However my friends Kala and Sangeeta got delayed at the lab itself. They reached the hostel quite late. They postponed the bath and rushed to the dining hall. We were trying not to think of the squeamish experience.  b-)When Kala finished her lunch, she was asked by a non- zoology student about the new sari she was wearing. Kala displayed the pallu in a theatrical manner and suddenly screamed!! A leech was stuck to it!!Normally animals bought for dissections are counted and accounted for at the end of the practical. That day must have been an exception. Girls screamed hysterically and left the mess as if they had seen a tiger!But we the brave gals who had just vanquished several leeches calmly finished our lunch and ran back to afternoon classes.For more info on leeches click on this link: 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leech