Last night, I was about to lock the door of my office room (some people call it a Study, others a Library, but it has been named Office Room by my mother, mainly because I do a lot of work from home as well. And my father does all his accounting work here too..) when I observed something.
On the frame of the door, there was a really ugly looking organism (no I didn't see a mirror). Though most people call it a lizard, I don't think it was one. I think the species I saw must be the intermediary between a lizard and a komodo dragon.
Anyways, there he/she was, stuck to the frame and without showing any inclination to move.
I felt too indignant. This specimen triggered the Neanderthal in me. But since my more illustrious namesake was also famous for ahimsa, I decided not to hurt this creature.
So I looked him/her in the eye. And I am damn sure he/she was starting back at me. We had this Mexican standoff for a full minute. That was when reality struck me.
Since I was in the process of locking up the room, I'd switched off the fan and the windows were closed as well. So you can imagine how hot the room would have been.
I caved in. I took my eyes away and started waving my hand at that critter. To my relief it did move away from its lofty abode, but I am very sure that he/she looked at me with a smirk before de-vacuuming itself from the door frame.
I hope it didn't go around bragging in the Lizards Club. The last thing I want is to see more such entities line up to beat me in a staring match!
1 comment:
Nobody can outstare a lizard except Steve Irwin. And that's because of years of staring down crocodiles. So you shouldn't have tried.
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