THE FEAR OF GECKOS<title> </head> <body>   <body background= "http://www.geocities.com/~tinithlar/images/fant/ftsyb7.gif "> <center> <b> <font color=yellow><font effect=shadow> <br><p><br><p> <h1>AFRAID OF GECKOS...</h1> <br><p> <h2>...then read this.</h2> <br><p><br><p> My Mom lived on Maui for 9 years (she has since lost her senses and moved back to Colderado). This is her account of her first encounter with geckos. A personal note (like the crack about her moving back to Colorado wasn't): Like most Moms, she never liked alot of the critters her three boys brought home to show her. So perhaps, in some small way, I am partially responsible for her aversion to geckos. Geckos are not monsters, just small lizards that eat "bad" bugs. Please note: The critters in the background image are not geckos - it's a joke, OK? Mom's encounter<br> - a.k.a. -<br><p><br><p> <u>"THE NIGHT OF THE GECKOS"</u> <br><p> <img align=left src= "http://media.xoom.com/content/members/CLIPS/HI/ JPEG/hi007.jpg"height=200 width=300 border=+5 alt=""> </center> I had just moved from the hotel were I was staying into an apartment. I was unpacking, getting ready for bed and noticed a movement out of the corner of my eye. To my dismay/shock/horror, there were LIZARDS running on my walls and ceiling. 狢 didn't sleep well that night and couldn't wait until the morning when I could call my landlord and tell him to get rid of these pests. When I called him, he just laughed and told me to "get used to it." I had never read or heard about geckos before, and was uncomfortable with having lizards in my apartment. It took me a while (quite a while), to learn to live with them with any ease... <br><p><br><p> <center> <u>MY STORY</u> <br><p> First off, I like most critters, especially the harmless kind. My first encouter with a gecko was on Maui, at the hotel where my Mom was an asistant manager. I came back to the room late at night after visiting my Mom at her unit on the grounds. Unlike my Mom, I had read about geckos and was a bit disapointed that I hadn't seen one. As I was putting my key in the door, I noticed a movement up by the light outside my room. It was a gecko!!!! My first sighting of a gecko. I thought he had picked a good spot (by the light), because lights are known to attract bugs, the geckos primary entree. I must have watched it for a half hour or more, but I guess I scared the bugs away, and geckos aren't generally all that active, so I reluctantly went inside to go to sleep.<br><p> The next morning I wanted to make sure of my sighting so I asked my Mom what kind of lizard would you find hanging on the side of the hotel. She said a gecko, and I knew my sighting was confirmed. After the first, I started seeing them alot and to this day enjoy seeing one anytime I can. <br><p> You might come over here and never see a gecko. You might come over here and see a bunch of them. Just remember, they ARE HARMLESS, and they eat a bunch of bugs we don't like anyway. All they ask is a spot on a wall or a ceiling where they can do their thing. You don't have to love them, in fact they prefer to be ignored. I'll take a gecko over a bug any day. <br><p><br><p><br><p><br><p> BACK TO <a href= "/TheTropics/Cabana/1558/index1.html"nocolor> <fontcolor=yellow> TROPICAL TIM'S HOMEPAGE</font></a> </center> </b> </body> </html> </object></layer></div></span></style></noscript></table></script></applet><script language="JavaScript" src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mc/mc.js"></script><script language="JavaScript" src="http://us.js2.yimg.com/us.js.yimg.com/lib/smb/js/hosting/cp/js_source/geov2_001.js"></script><script language="javascript">geovisit();</script><noscript><img src="http://visit.geocities.yahoo.com/visit.gif?us1256028597" alt="setstats" border="0" width="1" height="1"></noscript> <IMG SRC="http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=76001088&t=1256028597&f=us-w6" ALT=1 WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1>