The Hornets Nest Essay -- Expository Cause Effect Essays

The Hornets Nest Without proper preparation, getting rid of a hornets draw close can cause more problems than it solves. Although I do non have first-hand experience, I can relay an hap explained to me by my mother regarding my father and the hornets nest he came upon in their flowering crab tree. Suffering from the results of the incident, which can only be described as simultaneously hysterical and tragic, my father spent most of last week recovering from injuries that were both self and hornet-inflicted. His various comical and disastrous attempts to remove this nest from their property, and the resulting misery he endured, bring to mind a saying my high school English professor used frequently, If you fail to plan, plan to fail. Under the guise of heading out to do some molarity work, my father took on the dubious and dangerous task of attempting to rid his treasured flowering crab tree of a hornets nest, reported by my mother to be the size of a large, ripe watermelon. Arme d with the starter for the barbeque, the garden hose and a rake, Dad approached the tree and offending nest with the determination of a apparent motion line soldier ordered to advance on the enemy line. His plan was to set the nest on fire (yes, while still attached to the tree) and hence douse the ensuing inferno with the garden hose. Coming upon the nest, Dad stealthily lit the barbeque starter under the huge hornet hive and stepped back as it became engulfed in flames. With his trusty garden hose in hand, he immediately began his attempt to extinguish the flames before the tree, the house, the whole neighborhood caught on fire. Although the flames died down expediently, not all of the hornets perished in the blaze. A few survivors remained, and all... ... ice pack pressed to his neck. Three of the disenchanted beasts had pursued my father into the house and the crashing sounds were those of the ensuing chase and carnage in the living room. What were the results of this encoun ter? My father sustained bad stings to his neck, forearm and calf, a large bruise to his knee, and a stiff and sore back that exist to halt his journey to work the following morning. It is apparent to me that the moral of this story is that proper preparation would have saved my father a great love of pain and suffering. Had he taken a few simple precautions (wearing long sleeves and gloves, or perhaps making a quick call to an exterminator) perhaps the incident may never have occurred. According to the latest reports from my mother, the nest remains where it landed on the boulevard of their lawn and is still humming menacingly today.