Name: Émile
Age: 6
From: Oxford, UK
Object: Microscope
Story: When I was at school doing P.E. I felt something crawling on my chin, I smacked it because I thought it was a spider, then I felt a shot of pain. It was a wasp! Then the sting was so painful I screamed. My teacher took me to the staff room, she got some ice that I put on the sting. My teacher pulled the sting out and we put it in a cup and I took it home. Then we put the sting under the microscope at home. It was black and it had red sticky stuff coming out of it. I think it might have been blood.
Caroline ffrench Blake
Thank you Emile for a lovely story. It must have been awfully painful when you were stung. So brave to take a scientific interest in the sting itself too. I look forward to your next blog post.
Caroline