As most of you are already aware
of our loss, it is with great sadness I write this post. The little amphibian that my daughter
brought home from a fishing trip has gone to that big swamp in the sky complete
with her own mud bath and crickets abundant. Yes we know ‘she’ was a ‘she’ because of the ear circle
being the same size or smaller than the eye. This bullfrog greatly amused us with her “finger licking
good” worm eating methods, which regrettably was never caught on video. However, her favorite delicacy was
definitely the cricket. Her
flitting, rolling eyes and swift snap of her tongue during the hunting process
is truly a work of timing and accuracy that will be greatly missed. Lemon, aka Miss Lemony Snicket – the
frog who loved crickets, is survived by a few crickets that marginally escaped
her quick action hunt, her adoptive mother who lovingly caught her, brought her
home and set up a domestic habitat for her and who also, along with the
surviving grandmother (aka ME) searched with a flashlight in the yard the night
she escaped from a covered aquarium.
Incidentally, this was an essential search after learning certain toads
and frogs can be poisonous to dogs.
It was also during this search she was almost named Houdini, however,
when her little cousin was introduced to her this quickly changed. The adorable (at the time 3 year old) tyke took one look at the bullfrog and said, “She’s yellow. Let’s name her ‘Lemon’!” No one could resist and now this is
history. Also survived by numerous
members of the adoptive family that really could care less, may she RIP. Private services were held for
immediate family only (aka ME) with entombment in the creek. Please, no flowers or donations.
If you would like to leave your
condolences you may do so in the comment section below. If you missed the introduction to Lemon into the household you can recap here Meet Lemon....
Who knows, maybe there’s a career for me out there writing birth announcements and/or obituaries!
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