We have a jalapeno tree in our back yard. We bought a young plant this spring. It grew to a tall tree after summer. Now we have been enjoying the harvest of jalapenos every day.
I water my plants every morning. Yesterday when I checked the jalapeno tree, I saw one grasshopper perching on the branch. I also saw several leaves had been eaten.
I asked the grasshopper “did you eat my jalapeno leaves?”
I didn’t hear anything from the grasshopper. I felt though, the grasshopper did eat my jalapeno leaves.
I grabbed the grasshopper by my pointing finger and thumb on its abdomen area, and attempted to remove it from the branch. But the grasshopper was clinging onto the branch so tightly by its legs. I could not remove it from the branch.
I gave the grasshopper “dekopin-punch” on its back. It was not moving at all. By the way, “dekopin-punch” is a Japanese term to flip something with middle finger. You can do so by making a circle with your middle finger and thumb, and flip your middle finger by pushing your thumb toward a target.
I gave the grasshopper dekopin-punch again, and again. It never moved.
I sighed. I told the grasshopper “do not eat my jalapeno. You cannot eat a jalapeno anyway. It is too spicy for you to eat.”
I was happy to see that all the jalapenos were fine; they were untouched.
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This morning when I watered my plants, I saw one jalapeno had several bite marks. I noticed only one jalapeno had bite marks, but the others were still untouched.
I searched everywhere in the jalapeno tree. I could not find the grasshopper anywhere.
So, I guess the grasshopper ate my jalapeno yesterday. It was so spicy for the grasshopper that he had a tummy ache or diarrhea. Maybe it was why the grasshopper left from my jalapeno tree forever.
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