" She knew it was a lizard from pictures in the fairy-tale book, long and lithe and dry and scaly but with legs, unlike a snake (lizards were turned into handsome footmen in "Cinderella"). Probably a skink of some kind. The reptile bore her touch with the vacuous patience of a cold-blooded creature that liked to be warm and didn't smell anything dangerous like a fox or a hawk. Its experience with humans was minimal to none.
Rapunzel, of course, assumed this not-running-away meant it was a potential Wilderness Friend.
"I'm not going to kill you," she promised the little lizard and herself. "You adorable soft-skinned thing! You're perfect!"
She would tell her mother what she had done and then show her mother the lizard... and then it was only a matter of convincing her to take her to the floating lights. She wasn't a danger.
"Isn't that right... Pascal? I'm going to call you Pascal!" And with that she plucked the lizard deftly up and put him on her shoulder. "
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Rapunzel, of course, assumed this not-running-away meant it was a potential Wilderness Friend."I'm not going to kill you," she promised the little lizard and herself. "You adorable soft-skinned thing! You're perfect!"
She would tell her mother what she had done and then show her mother the lizard... and then it was only a matter of convincing her to take her to the floating lights. She wasn't a danger.
"Isn't that right... Pascal? I'm going to call you Pascal!" And with that she plucked the lizard deftly up and put him on her shoulder." style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>