The rain brought an unusual visitor home – a skink. I had never once seen such a visitor before. Thanks to the rain gods! It took a while for us to know what it was. We thought it was a huge lizard with a tail. But the movement and the way it lay curled under the table, under the bed, behind the cupboard led us to understand that it belonged to the reptilian family. Two days of battle, one sleepless night, and finally, the maid nailed it down -she crushed it and threw it out of the balcony. The poor skink met its end.