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Quarantine Finds

The year two thousand and twenty was a year of

new things. We had the beginning of the

pandemic, lockdown, no school, no meeting with

friends and most of all, unlimited time with my
devices. Although I loved every moment spent

with YouTube, Netflix and Tik Tok, I needed my

daily dosage of Vitamin D. It was on those little

walks through my majestic surroundings that I

encountered several wildlife creatures. On one
such day, the neighbour’s dogs began howling

and barking. Usually, in my neck of the woods, it

is quite peaceful and quiet. On that day, we were

playing hide and seek in the bushes.

The ferocious barking of the dogs and the racket
that followed made my brother and I rush out

from our hiding spots with excitement and fright.

We were curious about what was happening. We

had never heard the dogs behave like that
before. Suddenly, we heard the neighbors

shouting with high pitched voices repeatedly,

“iguana, iguana.” My brother and I looked at

each other with widened eyes and rushed up the

hill.

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