Hitchhiker

I don't have the pictures yet, 'cause it was a film camera (I keep a disposable one in my car), but I want to tell you about my little hitchhiker. I live in Florida, where there are several types of small lizards, pretty much everywhere you go. There had been one living in and around the hood of my car for a few weeks. I tried several times to catch him, so that he could relocate to a safer place, but he'd always dive into the open space under my hood, by the windshield wipers.

Anyway, as I was driving to WalMart (Yah, I know. Shaddup), this little guy popped up onto the top of the hood, and stood looking at me through the windshield. How he hung on, I do not know, but hang on he did, all the way to the store. I took a picture of him there, then went on to do my grocery shopping.

When I came out of the store over an hour later, he was still there! Still couldn't catch him, so I proceeded to drive on home. I actually took a couple more pictures of him, at traffic lights, to show that he really was on the car while I was driving, and not just in the garage. But here his story takes an unfortunate turn. I dunno what happened. Guess he was just in the wrong spot at the wrong time, and the sudden breeze hit him just right, and he lost his grip. All I saw out of the corner of my eye was the flash of his tail & hind legs, sort of flipping over, towards the road...

Poor little guy! I haven't seen him since. I have chosen to believe that he made it across the street, and found himself a nice little hideout in the woodsy place by the road...