“Hey, Freddie! I’ve caught one, quick – bring the bucket!” a boy’s voice shouted. Izzard then realized what the ‘Thing’ was, it was a human. A boy to be exact, judging from the grubby knees!
Izzard warned the other lizards of danger, and they all quickly ran for cover. Darting over to Gussie, Izzard bit Freddie on the big toe. “Ouch!” he yelled. “Watch out, this one bites!” The other lizards were nearly out of sight, but the boys did not notice them, so preoccupied were they with trying to catch Izzard.
A choice now had to be made – Izzard knew that he could escape if he wanted to, but could he leave Gussie? Already she was being placed in a blue, plastic bucket and the boys were after him!
Only an act of sheer bravery, could describe what happened next. But Izzard knew he really had no choice and certainly no time to think. Mick, the other boy, was ‘allowed’ to catch him and he was placed in the bucket alongside Gussie. “Now we have a male and a female,” commented Mick, though how he knew this was anybody’s guess! “Here you are. Here is your husband,” giggled Freddie, as he pushed Gussie towards Izzard.
No more lizards were to be found, although the boys looked around for a while longer. “Come on, let’s go back Freddie,” sighed Mick. “It must be nearly tea time by now!”
Gussie and Izzard were bumped around most unceremoniously in their new home. They were not impressed and were more than a little frightened.
At last they were left in peace. A few small pieces of minced beef had been dropped in for them to eat, so they had a nibble. Gussie looked at Izzard from under her lashes (or she would have, if lizards had lashes!) and noticed that for the first time, he was not showing off. In fact he seemed rather nice.
“Quite a pickle we are in now,” muttered Izzard, “I wonder what they are going to do with us?”
“I don’t know,” Gussie whispered in a small, frightened voice. “I hadn’t thought of that. Humans don’t eat lizards, do they?”
Izzard coughed, “I shouldn’t think so, and they would have had us for tea if they were that hungry.”
As a matter of fact, the boys had just finished a huge meal of ‘toad-in-the-hole’ (not real toads), ‘butterfly cakes’ (not real butterflies) and ‘spiders’ (the kind you drink!)
A very restful night was had by all, as the lizards and the boys were very tired. Gussie and Izzard slept under a couple of leaves and the boys slept under a couple of blankets.
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