Stumbling Upon a Pond

I spotted two frogs
jump from a green lily-pad,
but sadly they drowned.


I pulled them out...while
the others croaked and
left the rippling, gloomy pound.



Entered in Sydney LeeAnn's contest,
" Lily-Pads & Frogs "
Written by Andrew Crisci
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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May 7, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Very nice approach to the contest theme here.Best wishes to you.
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May 7, 2012 at 1:28 AM
Andrew just great, good luck..David
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May 6, 2012 at 11:23 PM
Well Andrew, at least the other frogs wete singing at their funeral :)...or maybe they were jumping on somekinda dare and misjudged their abilities?lol Best wishes in the contest hun, its late here...sorry ;) big hugs, love deb
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