Our neighbors are on vacation and they left my children in charge of their animals.
(Without asking me.)
((Not that I would have had the guts to say no.))
Nina is allergic to the cat. She is medicating herself and obsessively hand washing for the week in order to keep the cat alive.
Stink is in charge of the frog. It’s up to him to successfully transfer one live cricket daily from the cricket farm into the frog aquarium.
Well, there’s a problem. The neighbors didn’t leave enough live crickets for the frog to eat every day. At the outset, there may have been just enough crickets, but not when you factor in one or two cricket escapes, hoppity little suckers that they are.
Now, listen to me. I refuse to go to the pet store to buy the neighbor-kid’s frog more live crickets. So, I ask – how long do you think a frog can fast?
Consider this. He went without eating on Tuesday. Somehow the cricket died before he was consumed, and the frog, being particular about live prey, went on a hunger strike in protest. Clearly, he can make it at least one day without eating.
There are two crickets left and three days. You do the math.
2-3 = -1
Obviously, the frog will be fasting again for at least one day (providing there are no more escapes) while I pray along these lines:
“Um, Lord, while I’m sure you had a fabulous reason for creating them, I don’t much care for frogs or crickets. (Certainly, You understand I mean no offense.) I also don’t much care to go buy live crickets or a new frog should he starve to death. But You being God and all – this is not news to You. So, unless You see fit to provide frog manna or multiply live crickets – while the frog fasts, I’ll be praying in Your strong Name for his very life and believing You for it. Amen.”
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Gheesh, surely to goodness frogs eat more than live crickets. Tell the kids to find some other live insect.
Umm… if you want, I can ask my momma if she’d send along some of her crickets to you. I’m fairly certain she never wants to look at another cricket ever again. I mean, when almost 50 escape in your classroom during your Grandparents Day celebration… well… it’s not a good thing. I believe she hates them for all eternity now.
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with all that fasting and praying, y’all are havin’ church over there!
well, i’m no expert, but that is one ugly frog.
how rude that they didn’t ask you before leaving their pets with your kids. if the frog dies… maybe you should call ahead to the pet stores to see if there are any body doubles?
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OK the hair on the back of my neck is now standing up. I hate frogs and crickets. Along with spiders, snakes, roaches, and any other animal that should be outside. You go girl!
I personally think the frog is cute. And I really hope that he doesn’t die.
Frog killer.
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We had a box turtle that would only eat LIVE worms or bananas. It was NOT awesome. Many days it just got Bananas. Maybe that is why it ran away…IDK
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Heheh…I think the frog will be just fine…thought – what about fine bits of lettuce as a food alternative? I know turtles are ok with that but not sure about frogs.
Your prayer sounds sufficient to me.
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I hear that in Paris, fried frog legs dipped in drawn butter with just a hint of lemon are divine. Just sayin’
now, you walk those new boobs over to crickets r us and feed up that frog, because if it dies? your name is cruella in the hood and they are going to TP your house mercilessly for the next several years.
that’s just frog karma.
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That is just too funny!! I love it!
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How is the frog doing today?
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