Huey’s friend Bubba described almost everything as “Awesome:” tacos, snakes, sunsets, mud puddles, even flat tires. Huey finally had to say, “You keep using that word; I do not think it means what you think it means . . .”
Lizard’s Laws of Survival: “Change color, blend in.” Gary could blend in green, like grass, but he wasn’t a shape shifter, and he was still on a branch . . .
Monday night, Jesse told his wife, “I’m gonna check my alligator sets early tomorrow if the creek don’t rise.” But it did . . .
After the storm muddied the waters, fishing on the Gulf Coast had been tough, but the frog leg supply seemed to be holding up . . .
Catch and release sounded good over drinks with his girlfriend (who thought killing animals was cruel), but some doubts surfaced when Glen tried the first actual release in the wild . . .
Billy was going to protest–every time the kids played “creation in the garden of Eden,” he had to be the snake, even though everyone knew he was too shy to talk to girls . . .
