Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Girl meets lizard

Yesterday, I came bounding out the front doors of the dorm and down the steps, on my way to volleyball practice...only to nearly step on Lucy. Or at least I think it was Lucy; if so, she's grown considerably!! From the tip of her nose to the tip of her tail, she's close to four feet long now.

Anyway, the poor creature was frightened and took off running SLAM! right into the wire fence around the retaining wall. She kept butting her head against the fence searching for a hole. By this time, I had yelled for Tim and was standing on top of the picnic table, watching 'Lucy' trying to escape. Finally she located a spot where the fence doesn't meet the ground and she shoved herself through, scraping her claws on the cement wall all the way down the twelve foot drop to the pavement. Then she took refuge deep in some bushes.

Just one of the unusual ways to get an adrenaline rush around here.

7 comments:

granniepat said...

Is Lucy harmless or does she bite?
That sure would give you a scare.
How big will she get?
Does she ever off to come inside the house?

Kate said...

Oh my....yes I am interested in the personality of Lucy myself. Altho from the sounds of her evasive actions...she would rather not have encounters with you...and that is too bad because you are really not that scary...perhaps it is just the Halloween ghosts & goblins that are frightening her!!or do you even have such a day in Malaysia???

Anonymous said...

I think Lucy must have a sister!

Anonymous said...

oh, Lucy - never fear - there will be more of her kind to keep you company.
The "mud thing" looked like it was fun?!
Enjoy your 5 days off coming up : )
Julia

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