FLAT FROGS!
Back in the spring it was raining almost every day. That was before the drought of 2006 set in. Folks in Central Texas think it is drought conditions if it doesn’t rain for five or six weeks. When we lived in West Texas we learned that just after a really great rain might just be the beginning of the next really long drought. That seems to be the case in the City by the Lake this year.
Don Andrew and his faithful sidekick Grandpa Sancho left early one day to try to find a really good adventure. It’s nearly always a good adventure when these two get together. It had been raining quite a bit so the grass was wet and the adventurous duo had to walk on the edge of the road. As Don Andrew looked to the right and to the left he could see a great number of frogs hopping around in the yards of neighbors. This was quite fascinating to our young knight.
On this particular day Don Andrew talked about the frogs during the plagues in the days of Moses while the Israelites were captive in Egypt. Grandpa Sancho was very proud that Don Andrew could recall the story so well. Don Andrew loves to hear the stories of the Bible.
As the duo traveled on, Don Andrew looked ahead and saw something on the road. “Grandpa look!” said Don Andrew. “It’s a flat frog.” Now that poor old frog had been run over by cars way too many times. He was not only flat, he was flat and dry, like he had been there for a number of days. Our brave knight drew his faithful sword (a stick) and moved the “flat frog” carefully off the roadway. That seemed like the best thing to do. He decided not to bury the frog but to cover him with leaves and rocks. It was too muddy to bury a flat frog with a stick.
As the adventurers traveled on Grandpa Sancho had to assure brave young Don Andrew that we were not having a plague of frogs of Biblical proportions. This young knight was satisfied with that answer as we went on to bigger and better adventures, eventually ending up at the playground, as usual.
Don Andrew and his faithful sidekick Grandpa Sancho left early one day to try to find a really good adventure. It’s nearly always a good adventure when these two get together. It had been raining quite a bit so the grass was wet and the adventurous duo had to walk on the edge of the road. As Don Andrew looked to the right and to the left he could see a great number of frogs hopping around in the yards of neighbors. This was quite fascinating to our young knight.
On this particular day Don Andrew talked about the frogs during the plagues in the days of Moses while the Israelites were captive in Egypt. Grandpa Sancho was very proud that Don Andrew could recall the story so well. Don Andrew loves to hear the stories of the Bible.
As the duo traveled on, Don Andrew looked ahead and saw something on the road. “Grandpa look!” said Don Andrew. “It’s a flat frog.” Now that poor old frog had been run over by cars way too many times. He was not only flat, he was flat and dry, like he had been there for a number of days. Our brave knight drew his faithful sword (a stick) and moved the “flat frog” carefully off the roadway. That seemed like the best thing to do. He decided not to bury the frog but to cover him with leaves and rocks. It was too muddy to bury a flat frog with a stick.
As the adventurers traveled on Grandpa Sancho had to assure brave young Don Andrew that we were not having a plague of frogs of Biblical proportions. This young knight was satisfied with that answer as we went on to bigger and better adventures, eventually ending up at the playground, as usual.
posted by Harold Durham at
6:07 PM
1 Comments:
This is awesome! I am out at Don Andrew's house painting in Don Matthew's room....I was checking my email but stumbled onto this in M and R's Favorites list. I have a blog of my own that I write anonymously. R and M know about it but I'm pretty sure they haven't read it yet. Anyway...I enjoy your writing and look forward to reading more of your adventures!!!
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