RDP – Long Live the Lizard 
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So, today for the Ragtag Daily Prompt we have the word Lizard. I like lizards, but only see them once in awhile. Here is a medley of Lizard posts I’ve done before:
Tongue Twister I made up …
Lizard Lizzy Little Legs laid a lotta little eggs.
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Photos I took of lizards I’ve seen, either in a wildlife exhibit or a pet store …
Five different lizards!
The first one I know is a skink. He looks brown, white, & black scaly. He was probably about a foot long. The next one is kind of gray, sitting on a green leaf, and the next one has bands of stripes of gray, yellow and pink. He’s on a brown branch in his habitat at the pet store. The next one is a horned lizard, and looks like a tiny dinosaur of brownish gray. We used to have these all over and we’d catch them when I was a kid. We called them Horny Toads. Last is a chameleon lizard, It was shown at a wildlife show we went to. Last is a funny sign at the pet store that shows a cartoonish green lizard with a big head. He is saying “My mother thinks I’m cute”. 🙂
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One day we were at the Dairy Queen restaurant at lunch time. I noticed the sign out front, and from where I was sitting I could only see part of it. It was advertising the Blizzard, which is a very thick ice cream treat.
Well, the part I could see only said ‘Lizzard’, as the ‘B’ was blocked from my view. It struck me funny, saying to get an original ‘lizzard’ meal deal.
So, I got to thinking…how do you spell ‘lizard’? Is it with one letter z or two? It turns out it is with only one letter z. Why? It seems as though they short-changed the little lizards of the world, by only granting them one letter z. Lots of other words have two, such as the Blizzard treat, a real weather blizzard, and even a chicken has two in their gizzards.
I say we should give the lizards another letter z.
And, as Little Orphan Annie said, “Leapin’ Lizards!”
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This little chameleon was one I saw at a pet store. He’s really cute, but I’d bet he’d much rather be out in the wild.
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The chameleon lizard can be found from the rain forests to very dry climates. They are known for being able to change their skin color to blend in as a camouflage to their surroundings.
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Chameleon – green and tan – sitting on leaves
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Last we have a song about being like a lizard … the photo shows the album cover which is brilliant green and scaly looking, with a drawing of a lizard and some designs in black and gold. Very cool.
“The Lizard”, by Saigon Kick, is from their 1992 studio album of the same name. It was written and performed by Jason Bieler and Matt Kramer, and is on the Third Stone/Atlantic labels.
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When I tell you people to do the lizard,
Pull yourself together and take a listen
Take my flask and sip the liquid
Forgive me now for what I might deliver
Look around
All around
Lick your friends until they start to quiver
I ask myself if to give is richer
Look around
All around
Save yourself from falling down, all around
There’s no chance you can be found underground
The Lizard….
There’s a thing we say about the foolish wisher
Just do the dance and become the Lizard
Look around
All around
Save yourself from falling down, all around
There’s no chance you can be found underground
The Lizard….
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