RedMongoose7

    A lizard peered out from the empty petrol can it had made its new home, scales shining in the red light of the setting sun. A forked tongue tasted the air around it while lens-shaped pupils swivelled to take in the scenery of the marshlands. The surroundings were swamp trees and sparse clumps of bushes. Some long-legged birds flew off in the distance. It had come across the abandoned container earlier during the day – cool and concealed: an ideal residence. An ant crawled past; it was one of the big ones, red and with large mandibles. A narrow tongue struck its side with force and small pegged teeth crushed its exoskeleton before it