Say hello to Mr. Slope

No, not the slimy character whom we love to hate (because he's played by Alan Rickman) from The Barchester Chronicles, or for the more literary minded, from Barchester Towers. No, Obadiah Slope is our new pet:



He's also a demonstration of one of the benefits of homeschooling. When you are at the grocery store, and you see a Venus Fly-trap for sale, your mother will buy it for you because it is "a science experiment".