In my shoes, what would you do? - a photo on Flickriver

In my shoes, what would you do?

            NOTE: I am NOT stepping on it--it's just hiding underneath my shoe.

One late evening, my cousin and I came home to find a tiny little gecko (maybe four inches long) on the floor just as we walked into our house in Shanghai. I promptly assured my cousin that I'd take care of the little guy, to which she went upstairs all too soon. The gecko didn't run as fast as I thought it would. In fact, it probably scuttled erratically at a rather slow pace, too, though I'm sure it was trying to run for its life. I spent about twenty minutes just holding it, wondering what I'd do with it. Eventually, I took out my camera and shot this photo along with several others, opened the door, went outside into the yard, and put the gecko down onto the ground. It stayed in my open palm for a few seconds, perhaps wondering what was happening, and took off abruptly. It was nice seeing a gecko, at least. You see, according to my folks, there's a froggy that lives in our yard in Shanghai. I never saw it.

Interesting experience, huh?

Taken on: July 24, 2009

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