........................and you slept well that nite????????? LeRoi > To: askgranny@juno.com; MEMORY-LANE-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 00:22:33 -0500 > From: askgranny@juno.com > Subject: [ML] Buzz gonna get warts ! > > Oh no.......Buzz has a pet ! A warty, wriggly, nasty looking toad....and > it PEED on him, first thing! He was talking fast...."Christian has a toad > and he keeps it in a bucket and I don't see why I can't have a toad I > will catch worms and bugs and feed him, etc " He's been learning 'speed > talking ' from big brother John..apparently...After making him slow his > flapping lips down and quit clutching the pore old toad till it's eyes > really DID bug out...Papa said "Sure ..you can keep him...but how do you > know it's a HIM ?" Buzz had an answer for that ...said ' The eyes are > shaped different..like a boys." Okkaaayyy....We didn't know any better, > so decided to let that pass..... > > Well, he's looking at this warty old dude like he's the toad from the > wishing well, and crooning' I'm gonna catch me another one...a girl...and > they can have BABIES !" He slanted a quick look at me while making all > these plans and saw my shocked expression.{ I've SEEN those big globs of > frog eggs hanging around the pond bank in the Spring, and I don't care > how bad he wants baby frogs, I can't handle THAT !} He quickly > caves...said "ONE !" I agreed happily to ONE baby frog... > > Since we happened to be fresh out of frog cages I suggested he use one of > my bird cages.....bars close together, etc...good to go for a breather > space....Buzz finally remembers to shut the outside door and while his > back is turned the toad decides to escape...somehow. Well, he caught him > fairly easily and put him back in the cage...Turned his back again and > danged if that frog wasn't hopping across the floor !We decided to name > it Houdini....Seems the bugger was standing up tall and slithering > between the bars....Uh oh , he went under the chair.....couldn't find him > at all..Poor Buzz....Poor frog...I expected to find his desiccated little > body sometime on cleaning day....and Buzz was forced to go home frog > less....Leaving LONG instructions on his care...Papa was to catch bugs > for him till Buzz came back over here. etc, etc... > > After a day or two the frog was caught out in the open and Papa put him > out on the porch in the rain....What do I plan to tell Buzz ? > Welllll...Maybe I'll tell him Papa put the frog out to get a drink of > good clean rain water while he went down to the garden to catch him a > bug.....got back the frog had hopped away from home....Think he'll buy > that ?Jeannie T > ____________________________________________________________ > Penny Stock Jumping 3000% > Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4dc0e21ddf7c910068m06duc > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message