"What in the world?" Howard thought. He read on: "That's right! A gecko! Follow the directions below to get your very own live cockroach eliminator! Then ask our friendly staff how to care for and what to do to get rid of your cockroaches." "Ya right. That gecko will probably eat me while I sleep." he said as yet another roach scuttled across the floor. He felt sick. He thought it was worth a try, so the very next day he followed the directions on the ad to the pet store.

　　He asked about the geckos and the staff told him what to do with a gecko and how much they were and, soon enough, he was driving home with his very own gecko. "Great," he thought "yet another little critter that is going to be loitering around in my house."

　　He got home and did just as the woman at the store told him to do, and let the gecko go. He saw the gecko run under the refrigerator after the nearest cockroach it saw. "Well, at least he is doing his job." he said after he heard the loud "GECKO, GECKO," sound that geckos make when they swallow.

　　“这到底是什么呀？”霍华德一边想着一边继续往下看，“没错，就是壁虎！跟着下面这个地址，你就能拥有活生生的灭蟑器！我们热情的员工会告诉你该怎样饲养这种壁虎，到时你将再也不会受到蟑螂的困扰了。”“天哪，这么一只壁虎都能在我睡觉的时候把我给吃了！”他自言自语道，这时又有一只蟑螂从地板上快速的爬过去，他感到一阵恶心，随即认为值得去尝试一下买只壁虎来，因此第二天马上就按照地址来到了那家宠物商店。

　　他询问了关于壁虎的事情，店员告诉他关于饲养的注意事项以及价格方面的事情，过了没一会儿他就和自己的壁虎开车回家了。“太棒了，”他心里想，“马上就会有另外一种小生物天天在家里溜达了。”

　　他到了家，按照商店女营业员所说的那样把壁虎放了出来。壁虎看见了身旁最近的一只蟑螂后马上就跟着钻到冰箱底下去了，随即他听见一阵很大的声音“咕咚! 咕咚!”，像是壁虎吞下蟑螂的时候发出来的。“好，至少它已经开始工作了。