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The neighborhood has been going, to every variety of dogs. But I simply can’t believe it… We now have Gutter Frogs! They climb upon my windowsills, and also among the trees. They climb up my patio screen, is there nothing, they don’t see! Nightly nestling in my window gutter, where they have safely gone. My hubby says that he can’t sleep, with so much racket going on! Shiny, and oh so sleek, unlike any other toad, are these little blokes. Perhaps I have been hasty. Their voices are only a cricket, not a croak. Unlike my Hubby’s snores, they are way more soothing, yes, by far! Perhaps there is no reason, for us, that we must now, declare a war. But no! I must revise, as the gutters surely do need, to be cleaned. So up the ladder Hubby did climb, as he now, had a full head of steam. But, yes, life is never simple, and that seems to be… our very own lot. They had watched our environmentalist son, as he studies and he plots. ‘Save the Gutter frogs!’ Became their banner song, which truly did evolve! Alas! What’s worse! They are asking, an environmental study, to be done! They quoted conservationists, and several even chained themselves to our home. I’ve heard of save the Whales and trees, but now will it be… the gutter frogs? This is their habitat! What will be next… a nest of new age lawyer gutter frogs? Evolution has come quite far, as they mentioned a protest, to visit city hall! We finally did concede! We could share this house and land, which we do own. As Hubby descended the ladder… Yes! He was covered in jubilant gutter frogs. Then to make things right, we made for each, an adorable wattle and stick home. Attaching them along the top, of the gutters, that they could now, play upon. The gutter frogs agreed to keep the gutters clean, in return, we will let them be. The moral is: No matter who is right! We can live together, if we only try, you see! Written by CSEastman 12-18-2013 In Contest for Honerable Mention
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