As I had expected, Mr. Toad came along this morning on his regular rounds of Two Turtles Garden. Little Turtle eagerly hopped out of bed (amazing!!) when I roused her with the opportunity to kiss a toad. Out she goes into the garden in her nightie and we examined the toad at length. This is what we learned:
- When you touch a toad on the head, he will blink
- Toads are not wet or slimy, they are quite dry, bumpy on top and soft on the sides & belly
- Toads are cute when they walk
- When toads are comfy, they stretch their legs out all aspraddle behind them
- This toad likes the Faery Garden
All of this was observed without any picking up of, squeezing, prodding (well, not too much) or otherwise annoying the toad. At least, he didn't seem to be annoyed; he didn't hop away into the neighbor's yard. I was quite impressed by Little Turtle's restraint. She did finally kiss the toad, which she dubbed 'Toadius Caesar' (I LOL'd) and sang him an impromptu little ditty along the lines of "You are my sunshine". We are going to make him a toad abode out of a terra cotta pot & inscribe his name above the door. Toadius Caesar, indeed.It was quite the amusing way to start the day.
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