I thought the gecko was gone for good, but the other day I was on the phone to my brother, and absent-mindedly caressed a Christmas present I’d just wrapped. A brown speckled gecko scuttled out from beneath the red ribbon and I swore down the phone. I’m a bit scared of reptiles, even small ones with pretty toes. My shock didn’t impress my brother: he’d had a recent run in with a funnel-web spider in his bedroom. A funnel-web fright trumps a gecko.
Today I grabbed the tray that stores the IV equipment, and she darted out from beneath the cloth covering. I dropped the lot and she sat perkily next to the tourniquet, oblivious to the effect her sudden appearance has on my nerves.
I asked my beloved to please remove Geckofabulous to the balcony, so she could be an alfresco gecko and stop scaring me. Then I relented and decided I’d be happy for her to stay inside, it’s comforting to think there’s another living being at home with me. But I admonished her to stop jumping out from under things when I’m not expecting it, and also suggested she take up strolling. Scuttling is creepy.
1 comments:
I am so impressed by your newfound insouciance about the gecko, honey. When I have seen them abroad, I don't mind them really, it's more the speed & the fright they give you, but I would still want them al fresco, no options, even if its toes are cute.
As for the hideous funnel-web s*****r (even typing that gives me the creeps), how does a person ever get over that?
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