My Mom vs The FAKE Gecko.

Yesterday Sunshine and a bud pretended to go and catch a large toy lizard outside, then brought it back in the house to give Nenners a bit of a fright. I had a hilarious memory moment. I think it was Grade 11. My friend's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend had a course in University that had studied a Gecko. This Gecko wasn't just an ordinary Gecko, it was rare and expensive and just plain awesome. They were trying to find it a home before the course wrapped. I desperately wanted that Gecko. I'd never had a pet before and I tried hard to change that. I hit the wall that was my parents for days. I'm good with words, I used them non-stop, but nothing changed. I had to say no. It was a sad day. My friend's, well aware of my petless existence, tried to cheer me up. I went to school the next day and 'Th' and 'Ineb' handed me a paper bag... I wish I still had it - it's by far the best paper bag in the world... it said 'Lisa's Gecko' on it and was decorated all cute. Inside was a gummy lizard! The best of two worlds! It was the last possible day before the Gecko opportunity was forever gone, so when I got back home I thought I'd try one last time. I accosted my Mom in her bedroom. I reasoned and when it failed I begged. Then, I remembered my new evidence... the paper bag! I came into her room saying 'Mom it's much smaller than this when its real'. Okay... my Mom had glasses then... for good reasons... but I'm telling you she read that bag, with no glasses on, from far enough away that she could ace any eye doctor's chart! She must have read it before I even started talking because she started panicking before listening. I did not think of what she would think about the contents of that, the infamous, paper bag. She flipped out... completely!!! Here's the thing, my parents don't move all that quick. I've never really seen them run excepting my My Mom on the treadmill, my Dad carrying me to a Lifeguard Station (stupid Jellyfish), and this one time when they were late for their plane (so funny... I'll tell that one another time). See, it was so unexpected, that I too freaked out a little... in fact I went a little speechless. My Mom saw the bag that day and moved quicker than I've seen anyone move before. She was up on top of her bed in one jump (and that thing is so high up that it took her three jumps to get in every night before they found a two step stool!!!) - screaming the entire time! It was so quick it took me a moment. Then I started trying to be heard. Yelling 'It's fake!' No listen. Then, I did something stupid, I tried to show her it was fake, so I opened the bag... I really didn't think she could scream louder than she already was... another mistake of mine. Finally I just ran out of the room. She was still screaming when I got back, sans bag. Then, after awhile, she calmed down enough to hear me... and I stopped laughing long enough to speak. I wouldn't have actually done something like that (except I had at age 5 with my third cousin's pet... and pretty much all of my sister's had done something like it), so she took it pretty well. I didn't even get in trouble or suffer a parental weather change (no cold snap... not even a light chill). All around good day. Sweet from the friends, entertaining from the Mom. Good times.