The postman, who comes round for English lessons on Monday evenings, spotted it first: "C'è uno scorpione!" he cried as he bounded up the stairs and into the flat. Now, anything spider-like scares me but I bravely took a closer look [with the postman beside me]. These are the pictures I managed to take before running away:
The second and third pictures have, of course, been enlarged [because I wasn't getting any closer] and in these the thing looks like a lizard, albeit a nasty one, doesn't it? I don't like the upturned tail, though.
I spoke to a friend who said it's probably a gecko, although scorpions do come out in the humidity, and it doesn't help that the word scorpione can refer to both a scorpion and a gecko in Sicily. The postman said it was definitely a scorpion type of scorpion and he didn't volunteer to deal with it!
So are there any gecko or scorpion experts out there? What do you think?
Non-British readers and you young things can find out about the original Lurcio here.
