Hunt for lizards....continues...

I am a professional lizard hunter in my corridor.Surprised? Let me finish and you can decide on the title.

In memories of the first prey ;)

The incident happened in my hostel. I saw a gal standing near the staircase and crying. As any other human being, I enquired the reason. The moment she told the reason, I could just laugh. Poor gal would have cursed me!!! Probably you would join - the culprit is a small lizard which has come to her room!!!

I dont remember any encounter with lizards before. I had a neighbour who was scared of lizards when he was 3.If he doesnt go back home by 8.30, we would show him lizards creeping over the walls. Poor guy would run away seeing that. Then I do remember seeing some skeletons of lizards somewhere.

But on a second thought I agreed to give it a try. I took a broom and tried hitting the lizard. Luckily it went out through the door. She immediately closed the door and my first attempt came out successful.

Two months later,another gal came to me with the same problem - "A lizard in her room". She was redirected to me by my first client. With the confidence I gained in my first encounter I did go to her room to check out the lizard. It was not a difficult task this time also though it was not that easy.

Next time it happneed, I had one of my firends with me who took the oppotunity to train herself into this field.

One night, I got a call from Malini(she is one my close friends) who stays a floor above mine. She was screaming over the phone asking my help to send a lizard out of her room. I was half asleep and did not want to get up. But her scream was so loud that I went to her room immediately. There I saw a big black lizard. I could feel it looking into my eyes. I did not feel the usual ease this time. The first time I tried to hit it, it jumped to me!I just managed to jump farther!!! My friend vanished from the room seeing this. Now its only me and the lizard in the room. It went to all possible places in the room, under the cot, behind the wall hangers, into the shelf...

I remembered a cartoon, where a small lizard grows bigger and gulp down whatever it could. Ohh..No...That makes me scared !! Now I ahve to find a solution - I jumped to the balcony.The lizard too followed. The next moment I was in the room with the door shut.

With a sigh of relief I told :"Thank God" just to see the black lizard staring at me.