A Brazilian woman was shocked to find a 5ft alligator lying tamelyin the living room as her three-year-old son petted the reptile's head。

　　The animal was apparently washed inside by the high water Mondaynight, said Luiz Claudio Farias, a captain of firefighters in thenorth-central city of Parauapebas。

　　When the woman went to clean up the following day, after floodwaters receded from her home, she saw the boy playing with somethingbehind the sofa. It turned out to be an alligator, and then shesnatched the boy quickly and called the firefighters。

　　Farias said it was lucky the reptile apparently wasn't in the moodfor a meal: "If he was hungry, he could have seriously hurt or evenkilled the boy." He confirmed firefighters trapped the alligator andtook it to a nearby environmental preserve, where they set it free。

　　一名巴西女子在起居室里发现了一只5英尺长的鳄鱼，当时她三岁的儿子正在抚弄这只鳄鱼的头部。

　　巴西中北部城市帕劳阿佩巴斯的消防队队长路易斯•克劳迪奥•法利亚斯说，这个“不速之客”显然是在周一的晚上因洪水导致水位上涨，而被冲到这里。

　　第二天洪水退后，这名女子在清理房屋时，看到她的儿子正在沙发后和什么东西玩，结果发现竟然是一只鳄鱼。她立刻将小孩拽开，请拨打了消防队的电话。

　　法利亚斯表示，这条鳄鱼是在水位上涨的时候被冲进屋子的。幸运的是，这条鳄鱼当时并不饿。法利亚斯感叹道：“如果它当时很饿，很有可能严重地伤害到孩子，甚至吃了他。”消防队员们抓住了鳄鱼，把它带到了附近的环境保护区，在那里将其放生。