larry the lizard {and patty}

Yesterday we went to the zoo,

I mean, pet store.

It was quite the adventure.

A quirky little old woman working there

practically threw this rat at Lucy

to hold.

I was breaking into a full sweat

that Lucy would immediately hurl the

poor little (and disgusting and vile) rodent

right off of her.

Whew.

Instead, she handled it with much grace.

As did Isaiah.

Then after a stern lecture from the quirky little old woman

working at the pet store about how to handle a hamster,

they got to play with them.

With a little less fear and trepidation than

the rats.

Hermit crabs.

Then,

what happened next was

the mother of all pet store experiences.

A little bitty lizard, we'll call Larry,

fell madly in love with Patty.

They chatted for quite some time,

Patty reassured him that his life would

be full and lovely without her.

He couldn't grasp how that could possibly be true.

Tough love is, well, tough.

And we moved on,

leaving Larry alone with his thoughts.

The End.

Oh, but today...

we are going to the REAL zoo.

Stay tuned.

I can only imagine whose heart Patty will

break there.