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It??™s
amazing but today I made a new little friend. Fritz
won??™t like him one little bit because he chases his
cousins daily and if he catches them he bites their
tails off. I know you are curious about this new
little friend so I have to backtrack to last week.
As I was
driving down the driveway to go grocery shopping at
our local Wal Mart, I noticed a tiny lizard sitting on
the windshield wiper of my van. I stopped and tried to
catch him so I could let him loose in the grass and
bushes to the side of the drive but he hid from me. He
was a cute little
green
lizard and had part of his tail missing so I knew he
must have been an escapee from Fritz. Since I couldn??™t
catch him, I continued to the store.
When
I got out, I did not see him but a shopping buggy was
right beside the van and I decided to use it. Imagine
my surprise to see the little lizard sitting on the
top rail of the buggy. I knew it was him because of
the tail. I continued into the store and stopped at
the "greeter" so she could see my rider and she took
him from the buggy and back outside to a nice grassy
ditch beside the store. What a relief to know that he
was going to be safe!
Today, I was well on my way to Wal Mart again and saw
another lizard on the windshield of the van. I did not
stop this time because of traffic and when I got to
the store he was nowhere to be seen. When I returned
to the van with my load of groceries, there he
was??¦sitting on the window on my side of the van. When
I started to drive, he crawled to the spot where the
mirror is attached to the van and seemed to be holding
on for his life. The little suction pads on his feet
were doing their job and he was safe. Each time I came
to a traffic light and had to stop, he crawled over on
the window and looked in at me as though to ask, "What
the heck is going on here?" and I started talking to
him. I also tapped on the window to get his attention
a couple of times.
I
think this lizard must be the big brother of the one
last week but I am not sure. We have so many lizards
in our yard that it is difficult to know if they are
all related or not. I really am not afraid of them but
don??™t like it when they jump on me from overhead. This
one may turn out to be special so I am trying to think
of a good name for him. I tried to catch him when I
stopped in the garage but he ran under the hood and
disappeared. I think he must like the ride.
There
are so many ways that we can find entertainment and
yes, little friends in this beautiful world that God
has given to us. My little lizard friend gave me
enjoyment this morning and I will be looking for him
tomorrow when I get in the van. Everyone should look
around and see what we can find that is beautiful and
at the same time free entertainment. We might find
that life is just a bit more beautiful than it was the
day before.
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Doris B. Fandal
October 25, 2004
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