REAL MONSTERS GILA MONSTER VENOMOUS DESERT DWELLER CAROLYN BERNHARDT Checkerboard Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
MEET A GILA MONSTER AS IT TAKES A VIOLENT VENOMOUS BITE
A GILA MONSTER EXITS ITS DESERT BURROW IT PICKS UP THE SCENT OF A DEAD MOUSE AND DIGS IN MID FEAST A RANCHER ON HORSEBACK CROSSES THE GILA S PATH HE IS AWED BY THE REPTILE AND TRIES TO CAPTURE IT THE GILA BACKS AWAY HISSING BUT IT IS CAUGHT AND STRAPPED TO THE MAN S SADDLE LATER THE RANCHER REACHES BEHIND HIM TO ADJUST HIS SADDLE CHOMP THE GILA CLAMPS ONTO HIS FINGER VENOM SURGES THROUGH THE MAN S BODY LIKE WILDFIRE HE SURVIVES BUT THE VENOMOUS GILA WILL BE INVESTIGATED FOR CENTURIES
