The Story of the Lizard

I really liked the first sentence because it gave me a clear picture in my head of the setting and some freedom to make that scene of my own imagination. "At the edge of the river, hidden by the tall grass, a woman is reading." I liked the unique words chosen to describe 'everything,' "the dry and the wet, the tamed and the wild, all that had memory, all that had oblivion." And I liked the idea of God being fed up with the prayers for a son. It shows at early on that this is going to be no normal tale. I liked the way the author transitions from the tale right into the next part of the story, and with another strong sentence. "His scaly belly lapped by river water, Dulcidio is taking his siesta." I like how the author gave him a name without specifying who it was because he didn't need to. A lot happens in these two pages, I think the author is good at telling the story without fluff. I liked the description of living with unrequited love as spending "nights and days sighing and listening to melodies long out of fashion." The end was very strange. I thought it would have been believable that the girl turns on him. But setting him on fire was such a weird thing to do out of her character and without motive as far as the reader knows. But it does go along with what I thought initially about the author giving the reader's imagination a certain freedom. I liked the line at the end about how Dulcidio dreams for the first time in his life. I think it could have ended there. I wasn't a fan of the last small stanza all that much. Anyone agree or disagree?