Lizards

On a day of boredom, I took time to observe the dinner table which had a flat spinning wheel on top of it where you put the food platters on and let people pass it around. Beneath the disk lived the house lizards. They weren't particularly bothersome. They sometimes wander outside during meal times and we would give them a grains of rice to eat.

But, after hearing about a different type of lizard, a far larger one, I decided to spy on their home base looking for this beast. The normal ones were smaller than the average human hand. I was told that this particular species was way bigger. I imagined it to be king or queen, so  I thought that I could try to find its throne where it sat.

I stopped looking for it when it found me. I heard it chanting in its familiar sound. "T-t-t... TUKO! TUKO!" Madre de Dios! That terror incarnate used to scare me. Just look at that thing!

To make my childhood an even greater nightmare, they tell me myths that if ever that thing gets stuck on human flesh, it can't be removed without peeling some skin off. O_O

They also added that they have sharp teeth and razor claws. Or, that was just the paranoia in my head telling me lies.

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On another day of boredom, I heard something rattle. I looked at the wall and found the mirror shaking. At first, it would've been a good random ghost story until I decided to examine it carefully. It stopped moving. Curiously, I touched it and then one of those huge geckos got out from behind the frame. That made me shiver.

Apparently, they're everywhere in the house. Or at least, any part of the house I frequently go to alone. It's like they're conspiring to get rid of me without the family knowing.

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I can't even get a peaceful sleep with only a mosquito net protecting me. My bed was right beside a wall where they all gathered. (Presumably to discuss world domination.)

Coincidentally, I was tossing and turning from my nightmare, one night. I bet it was all the noises they make that haunted my dreams. Then, something hit me from above. No, it wasn't divine inspiration.

The damn lizard peed on me! I didn't even know that they urinate! Is this even pee? What the heck is this!? That definitely woke me up. I got out of bed and washed my desecrated arm.

Disgraced dragons! In firebreathing you lack, you strike from the other end! (I later learned more about how lizards release waste. It did not put me to ease even more.)

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Look, I don't really hate Tokay geckos. And, I don't really think they hate me either. I know that they have a role in the household. Some of us don't even consider them pests, in fact, they eat pests. Remember that flying embodiment of filth known as the cockroach? Yup, these geckos eat them. Well, I guess I can deal with one horror eating a bunch of other horrors.

I'm actually concerned about them being a threatened species. How did that happen? I've heard news that these lizards are being crushed into medicine. That. Is. So. Wrong. First off, there is no evidence that you can make effective remedies out of them. Plus, eating these guys could actually harm you. May their vengeful spirits bring justice! Seriously, they're better off being anti-roach assassins.

They're not that dangerous to humans, if at all. If they do bite, it'll be more of a nuisance than a painful experience. Anyway, that should be enough from me regarding these reptiles. They're fascinating creatures, really.