During my holidays this year I had chance to closely examine
one of the many small green jumping things that live around the lake. Each time I got my nose close enough to give
it a good sniff it jumped away. This
small creature has many attributes - the jumping ability was astounding – far
better than mine. The noise it made was
also akin to barking so I felt quite at home trying to make friends. First one would bark and then an answer would
come back eventually starting a croaking chorus from around each side of the
lake until it became quite deafening. I
tried to participate but I don’t think I spoke the same language and eventually
the Mrs told me I was as made as a box of frogs and should keep quiet from now
on.
Not only could my new froggy friend jump and bark but his
swimming prowess was amazing – no sooner had he jumped in the water than he had
disappeared doing breast stroke - made my doggy paddle look pathetic! I was allowed to join him but I lost sight
of him under the water as he shot off like a torpedo. I busied myself swimming around looking for
him and was distracted by more splashing – I couldn’t believe my eyes - the Mrs
had joined me in the water and was splashing about, then her friend waded in
and had a swim and then the Boss started paddling about in his dinghy! My private bath was getting a bit crowded so
I jumped out and left them to it, I think some of my froggy friends did too!
