The Wild, Wild Southwest! by Corwin Jeff

Author:Corwin, Jeff
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PENGUIN group
Published: 2010-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

Making up his mind, Benjamin called, “Gabe!” and his cousin’s head snapped up from his junior ranger packet.

“What is that?” Gabe asked as he eyes focused in on the lizard.

“I never thought I’d see one of these face-to-face,” Lucy said excitedly as she put down her camera.

“It’s a Gila monster,” Benjamin told his cousin, showing him. He left out the part about the poison venom—Gabe didn’t really need to know that.

Gabe looked at him for a minute. “Wait a minute. Aren’t those the ones that hiss?”

Benjamin had left out that part, too. Gabe knew more than Benjamin had expected! He had to admit it was true, though. The Gila was famous for opening its mouth as wide as it could and hissing at creatures that tried to corner it.

Gabe watched the Gila monster for a moment, as if he was trying to make up his mind about it. “Wow,” he said eventually, shaking his head. “That is totally awesome!”

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