The Salamander

I was at a customers house whose home backed up to a forest area. While there I happened to come across a salamander, so I picked it up and brought it home to the kiddos. I was surprised how willing they were to hold it and play with it, as most the time they are scaredy cats about anything new. Well after a day of playing with it, we placed it in a storage container for the night. The salamander decided to make a run for it at night, but in the end did not get to his final destination. In the morning we found him dead in the hallway near the bathroom entrance. We had a proper burial for him by flushing him down the toilet. Though he was only with us for a few hours, he sure made an impression on the Bradshaw household.