Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Frog legs anyone?



So Triston has this really cool habitat that's made for a variety of creatures. We've housed tadpoles, tiny pond fish and most recently a frog. The kids say its a tree frog, but I picture them as smooth skinned tiny frogs, and this looks more like a miniature toad. About 2 weeks ago I noticed that the food drop door was off and laying next to the habitat. Upon further inspection, I realized we had a Houdini frog on our hands, as he had managed to climb up and out of the small opening at the top of the lid and slink off into the night. We assumed after several days of not finding him, that he perhaps became a little snack for one of the dogs. Triston feared for several nights that the frog would appear inside his pajama pant leg or hop onto his pillow while he slept, because the habitat was located directly over his bed.

Well, this morning we found this note along with a tub containing one very confused looking creature...

I have no idea what would possess the silly frog to leave his space we set up for him, it had all the amenities of "home" complete with pond, rocks, Lilly pads, plants (albeit they are all plastic) and he got live crickets handed to him on a silver platter every week... Maybe he was just trying to see if the grass really is greener on the other side... Now that he is back home, maybe he will appreciate all we do for him, just a little more :)
"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have , but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have."

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