~Written and photographed by photojournalist Roberta Bryant~
“The Adventures of Freda the Lizard”:
Freda was getting larger so she was shedding her skin and I am not sure but I think she must have been really worried. She lost her tail too.
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Her friends looked everywhere for her tail.
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They even checked with an adult lizard and he said to tell her it was normal: “she will get a beautiful new skin and her tail will grow back.”
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![](https://pizenswitchtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/chipmunk.jpg)
![](https://pizenswitchtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Chip-caught-me-with-my-cheek-full.jpg)
It was getting dark they will have to stop…and then…oh Happy Day…they found her and she is back in the flower box and on the step.
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