Good family entertainment

“Kenneth, get the cat. There’s a gecko here in the schoolroom doorway,” calls Becky.

“Can I see?!?!” Kenneth and Laura both come running, lunch forgotten — sans cat.

Finally, cat rounded up and all kids gathered to watch, the lizard is dispatched, leaving his tail to convulse and flail about on the ground like a chicken with its head cut off, only in reverse.

“Just a bit of clean family entertainment,” says Becky with a rueful smile and a roll of her eyes.