Lucretia McLizard - The world's first cyber lizard

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Lucretia McLizard The World’s First Cyber-lizard by Mal Cohen

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This story was written in the early days of the Internet for a contest to name the mascot lizard at www.whiptail.com. I liked the little story and enhanced it with graphics.

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Lucretia McLizard The World’s First

Cyber-lizard

by Mal Cohen

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Lucy

Her original name was in fact, Lucy, a plain name for a

rather plain house pet.

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Lucretia

But one day tragedy occurred when her human mommy, Lucretia, was busy on the Internet.

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Lucy Eating

Lucretia did not notice that Lucy was busy gnawing away at the computer power cable.

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Explosion

Suddenly there was a terrible explosion

and black-out

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Where Is Lucy?

When power was restored and the computer rebooted, it was discovered that Lucy was nowhere to be found.

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Cyber-Lizard

However, what a surprise to all to find that Lucy

was now transformed to become the world’s first cyber-lizard .

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Internet Guide

Now known to the world as Lucretia, she was alive and well as a permanent

Internet companion and guide.

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Viruses

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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The End

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Story Background

This story was written in the early days of the Internet

by Mal Cohen

for a contest to name the mascot lizard at www.whiptail.com

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Second Prize

Mal didn’t win first prize, but was one of 6 second prize winners of a mug.

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Created by Marlies Cohen

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