Skinks and geckos

Usage examples of lizards.

We moved among the cacti, disturbing crowds of lizards and at times a solitary bird.

I tried to easy my grip, but my hands were sweating so profusely that the lizards began to wriggle out of them.

Don Juan waited awhile and then, going through the same motions, handed me the lizards again.

He told me again to ask the lizards about anything I could not find out for myself.

I rubbed the lizards against my temples, asking them who the thief was.

After a while don Juan put the lizards inside their bags, and said that there were no deep secrets about the root and the paste.

And to have lizards as friends, he said, required a long period of grooming.

He said that, as a rule, the lizards should be caught after the paste and the root had been prepared.

He then gave me a long series of instructions concerning the procedure to follow after the lizards had been caught.

If you do, you will lose your capacity to command the lizards, but that is better than losing your life.

He advised me to tell the lizard I was sorry I had to cause her discomfort, and to promise her I would be kind to all lizards in return.

He said I was not to take my eyes away from the lizard, even for an instant, because it was a common trick of lizards to distract one and then dash away.

I am sure the lizards told you many, many things, but you were not listening.

Speak to all lizards and ask the two that helped you in the sorcery to come out again.

It implies that you must catch two lizards every time you want their help, but it also implies that you are free.