Show No Fear

my breathing quickens waking me with a start I bump into a long fat slimy thing a tongue? I reach around and discover it is much larger in daylight, scary. in the dark, shocking. bumpy, and unbelievably cold and rugged what are you doing up here? I ask Herman my pet alligator who lives in the back room I heard a noise, he says. I was scared. I turn and see his gleaming white teeth in the dark. They shine like a neon moon. Suddenly I feel a bit scared myself. Show no fear A voice warns me Too late….