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Wonderful stuff as usual Willem.

Websailor

Beautiful frog. Though I'd be nervous if I saw it on my porch.

The ones we get are skinnier.

Hello Websailor and Dmitri and thanks for your comments! I actually messed up a bit with this one. I had written a brand-spanking-new piece about rain frogs but then with the picture I sent an older version by mistake! But it hasn't been in the Post before, so I guess no loss.

Dmitri, I hope I'll get a chance for some more frog articles. We have wonderful ones over here, the fattest of which is the African Bullfrog ... and I've a picture I did of one when I was five years old! As well as a much newer picture. And then we have extremely long-limbed and skinny frogs as well ... I must check it up, since last I had heard one of ours still held the world frog long-jump record (one of our Grass Frogs, Ptychadena sp.) I remember reading that because of this frog once having absolutely trounced all others at a frog jumping contest in America (it was imported!) they put a size limit ... no frog *under* a certain size allowed! Since the grass frog is a tiny thing, about two inches in length, but it jumps something like twelve feet. But I'll have to check my facts before writing anything definitive!

I would certainly love to read about that jumping frog. (We could put in a quote from Mark Twain.)

AND to see your pic what you drew when you were only five.

OK I'm reminding myself to do this. I have researched the jumping frog, it's our Sharp-nosed Grass frog. I'll see about an illustration. I'll also send something about our bullfrogs, and my painting I did when I was five.

A sharp-nosed ...wow...yes...