Lizard’s Leap
LaVern Spencer McCarthy ` The man who called himself Lizard, for unknown reasons, stood at the roof edge of one of the tallest buildings in town. Today he had decided to jump off the building, not for the first time. The very first time he had done it, the authorities were called before he had worked up enough courage to jump, and firemen arrived with a big, round net that saved his life. He had been suicidal that day, but after the net broke his fall, he was exhilarated. That was fun! He had not noticed the people gathered far below him, nor the firemen holding the net. His eyes had been blurred with tears. Lizard had been in and out of the state insane asylum since then. Once or twice, he had been arrested and fined for being a public nuisance. Periodically, he managed to get to a roof of a building without being noticed. He either stole a key to the door that led to the roof and locked the door behind him, or he blocked the door with objects he found on the roof. There w...