It was love at first sight
The place was just right
For a love-torn toad
Too long on the road
He hopped straight in
And settled down with a big wide grin
Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge #32
It was love at first sight
The place was just right
For a love-torn toad
Too long on the road
He hopped straight in
And settled down with a big wide grin
Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge #32
I didn’t even know toads fell in love… I thought they hopped…
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Ah, in which case you don’t know my story of Esmeralda.
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Maybe a lady toad will come and join him…
Cute.
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Now there’s a thought. And you, too, haven’t read my story about Esmeralda.
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What can I say?
Only so many hours in a day!!
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And also I think Esmelda is deeply buried in the archives. I might even have deleted her
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Oh dear. So you cannot give us poop for not reading it, if you, yourself cannot find her!
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No. I’m about to go look.
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Well, found her, but my mistake, it’s a frog not a toad, and also (oops) I called it a reptile. But there was a reason for that.
https://crimsonprose.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/esmeralda-and-the-frog/
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Hah! Read it, liked it, commented π
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I thank you.
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This was fun!
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Intended. I like to be fun when the prompt allows it.
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Very cute! Buy the cottage, Mr. Toad!
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That’s what I told him.
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Good advice!
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π
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And I’m grinning as I read toad’s poem.
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We like fun. And I’ve been serious for far too long. π Happy it amused you.
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From murder to sweet toads. That’s called CREATIVITY!! π
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I thank you. Seems I do have the knack. π
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Hello Crispina! Here goes!
https://blogternator.com/2019/06/21/a-mendicants-biography/
Cheers!
Venky
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I just this moment read it. I’m knocked out.
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ππ
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Thank you
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Light-hearted and fun…I can just imagine that toad roaming roads and having adventures until one day he decides to settle down…Loved it π
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It wasn’t my first thought when I put finger to key … but as with so many of these flash fictions and poems, it kinda wrote itself
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