Soul's Tales

The old man's eyes languidly followed the trail of the Gecko lizard as it scampered across the cracked wall of the hut. He watched the lizard stopped and waited as if in patience as it spotted a giant fly perched close to the window's edge. A split second it probably took but to the man's feverish eyes they felt more like an eternity passing by as he watched the lizard stretch itself in one blinking move to capture the fly before escaping out through the open window.

The gorwing-up age for a young lad wanting to discover the world on his own.

The old man's eyes languidly followed the trail of the Gecko lizard as it scampered across the cracked wall of the hut. He watched the lizard stopped and waited as if in patience as it spotted a giant fly perched close to the window's edge. A split second it probably took but to the man's feverish eyes they felt more like an eternity passing by as he watched the lizard stretch itself in one blinking move to capture the fly before escaping out through the open window.

The boy glanced towards either side of the street, making sure there weren’t any incoming vehicles, before making his way across to the other side.