Kenya, July 12 -- Nothing could have prepared me for the day I woke up, reached for my pants on the bed, and discovered something cold, sticky, and odd sitting within the cup of my bra. Some mornings start off confused and finish in craziness. I went cold. My body was immobile.I initially assumed it was a folded piece of fabric or perhaps one of those foam paddings that come off when you wash your hands, but as I turned it over, I saw a dead grey lizard staring back at me with one eye gone, its tail curled, and its mouth slightly open. The neighbours ran when I yelled so loudly. I was believed to have been attacked. No one could talk for a moment after I showed them what I had discovered. "My daughter, this is not normal," my landlady said. That conveys a message. To read more click here.
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