Guo Guo

As we were making a turn driving to a friends house, I was sitting next to Mr. He and heard what sounded like a cricket. 

I turned to Mr. He and asked if he heard the same noise.  He smiled and pointed to his pocket.  He then pulled over, as he is apt to do anytime, anywhere, if he wants to show me/tell me something, and pulled a container out of his shirt pocket.  It looked like one of those containers that makes noises when you shake them so after he handed it to me, I proceeded to shake it. First up and down and then side to side without making any noise.   Mr. He quickly told me not to shake it, took it back and proceeded to take the top off.  Instead of a noisemaker, it was a cricket container.  Inside was a live cricket, if not a little bit dizzy cricket.  A very big cricket.  Turns out the cricket is only 3 months old and is named Guo Guo.  Guo Guo is Mr. He's lucky cricket.  The wings are clipped so it cannot fly and given the size I hope that it is already full grown.  Tanner and Amanda felt safer from a distance and Justin, as is typical, was the only one brave enough to hold the cricket.  I am not sure what adventures await Guo Guo, but looks like he will be our driving companion for awhile at least.  I think we will need the luck the way people drive in Shanghai.....