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such tiny teeth that he can’t hurt any more than a little 
garter snake can. He just pinches.” 
“Won’t you show us how he bites?” asked Buddy. 
“I don’t like to tease him” said Uncle Jack. “But I 
will just this time; so you can see what a brave fighter 
he is.” 
Uncle Jack took a long stick and tied his handkerchief 
around the end of it. He waved the handkerchief back 
and forth above the lizard. The lizard opened his mouth 
very wide. What a big mouth he had! Suddenly he 
jumped up. Snap, went his mouth as he caught the hand¬ 
kerchief. He closed his eyes and hung on. Uncle Jack 
shook the handkerchief, but the lizard still hung on as 
he swung in the air. 
“How can you make him let go now?” asked Buddy. 
“That will be easy to do,” answered Uncle Jack, as he 
picked up the lizard in his hand. Gently he opened the 
lizard’s jaws. The lizard tried to pinch his fingers, but 
Uncle Jack just laughed and kept his fingers out of 
the way. 
“Now I am going to show you a lizard that can run 
on two feet,” said Uncle Jack. “Watch him.” 
Uncle Jack put the lizard on the ground and let him 
go. He ran on all four feet, for a little way. Then he 
went so fast that his front feet seemed to be in his way. 
He raised up his body, lifted his front feet off the ground, 
and ran on his two back legs. The children laughed and 
laughed as they watched him almost flying over the 
ground. 
“Lizards are interesting,” said Fred. “I like them.” 
