*side note: can you tell that I'm struggling to reach the end of the week and the beginning of Spring Break? More writerly stuff to continue once I have a chance to think of something writerly!*

Today my class read Ryunsuke Akutagawa's story "In a Grove." In it, one character says another character, a samurai, did nothing to provoke anger.

Me: So, what does the old lady say about the samurai?

Kid: He was provocative!

*facepalm*