Salamanders! Yuk! Once I was digging in the dirt and I saw a yellow eye look up at me. One was buried, apparently hibernating.

To make matters worse, my (then) 6 year old daughter was fascinated with them. I found out one morning that she had SLEPT with one in a basket in her bed. I asked her if it could get out and she replied, no it was covered with a tissue!

When I went into her room to see, the basket was empty. I called my husband home from work to look for it. My daughter had forgotten to tell me she had taken it ouside on her way to school that morning!