Mal created the story for a contest to name the mascot lizard at the Whiptail.com web site in 1997 or 1998. He didn’t win first prize, but was one of 6 second prize winners. Our whole family liked the story and Marlies embellished it with pictures. We thought that travellers to my Corner would enjoy reading the story.
The world’s first cyber-lizard by Mal Cohen
 Lucretia McLizard is no ordinary lizard, but the first of a new breed of cyber-lizard! Her original name  was in fact, Lucy, a plain name for a rather plain house pet.But one day tragedy  appeared to occur. Her human mommy, Lucretia, was busy on the Internet, and did not notice that Lucy was busy gnawing away at the computer power cable. Suddenly,  there was a terrible explosion and black-out. When power was restored and the computer rebooted it was discovered  that Lucy was nowhere to be found. However, what a surprise to all to find that Lucy was now transformed to become the world’s first cyber-lizard! Now known to the world as Lucretia, she was alive and well as a permanent Internet companion. She is forever happy and  busy, but always remains vigilant for unexpected cyber-viruses which can prove fatal to both computer and cyber lizard alike! 
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