Look what Tough Guy is holding onto!
Isn't this just the tiniest little frog you've ever seen? It made us girls squeal with delight and Tough Guy felt really brave as he conquered the world and held Little Itty Bitty!
This next picture gives you a better idea of the size that we're talking about here.
The girls wanted to touch it too...but....then...that darn Little Itty Bitty jumped away from their poking fingers and torpedeoed head first onto the concrete floor. I think he wanted to fly, like, maybe he thought he was a bird or something. He looked a bit stunned for a second but then he hip-hopped away as fast as he could.
He really did seem perfectly fine as he hopped off to safety while being seranaded by the girls' moans, ooo's and ahhhh's. I just want to re-assure all you bleeding hearts out there that he did seem fine. I promise!
What I wish had happened - because this family believes in kindness to all animal kind no matter their size - was this:
We gently admired Itty Bitty for a few minutes holding him no more than 2 millimeters above the ground just in case he jumped. Then we carefully found a sheltered spot under the house, and nestled him in onto a lily pad with a pink flower right next to a spider web loaded with dead flies. Sadly, this is just a much preferred version!
Sometimes reality really bites. Poor froggie got a head-ache.
But the moral of this frog story is if you fail at something, just sit for a minute, feel the pain, then hop on to safety and never go back there again! Or you could choose to live in a fantasy world planning what you should have done...and then go back and try again! Maybe froggies will fly one day!
Happy hoppin' everyone!
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