Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Let's say that it's a beautiful sunny day outside and a really dull and chilly day inside your office. You decide to take a quick break outside on the balcony, which is three stories above ground and overlooks the woods behind the office building. It is a fantastic vantage point from which to marvel at the many splendors of nature.
As you are serenely enjoying the vista, the building handyman comes flying out from the woods and peers up at you. "Hey!", you call out cheerfully, and wave to him. "I was just, um, trying to catch a snake," he offers, wiping his hands on his shorts. (He is, per his way when working outside, not wearing a shirt.)
He then launches into a rather lengthy story about how he saw a snake out there one day and thought it would be cool to build a floor-to-ceiling aquarium at his house and keep a snake in there. Maybe with some branches or something for the snake to climb on. So, you know, he was looking to see if he could find the snake. "Yeah, I'm not much into snakes," you respond, thinking wow, he is an odd one! Who tries to catch a snake with his bare hands while wearing only shorts?
Conversation shifts to the weather - it's HOT! - and how he has had to drink about a gallon of water a day while he works. "Good idea," you respond, and then politely take your leave to go back to your office. What a bizarre conversational thread, you think. As you reach your desk, you realize OH. MY. GOD. He wasn't catching a snake out there, he was DRAINING THE LIZARD!
The splendor of nature, now including an introduction to reptile life.
# posted by Amanda at 11:46 AM |
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