Can a pointer behave as general variable?

Question

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
char *str[20];
char *sur;

printf("how are you, dear xyz?\n");
gets(str);

puts(str);
sur = &str;
printf("%p", sur);

return 0;
}

In this program 'str' is declared as pointer. And define as general variable to store string. How is it possible because pointer variable can only store address ?