One Froggy Night by Chris Eboch

Author:Chris Eboch
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Highlights for Children, Inc.
Published: 2015-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

I walked to the grass and held out my hand. The frog climbed up my wrist. I laughed. Then I gently brushed the frog off onto the grass.

We walked a couple of blocks. We found lots of frogs—brown ones, green ones, spotted ones. I got better at finding them. If they were in the road, we moved them when traffic was clear. I actually started to like picking them up.

The rain soaked through my jeans. I blew my nose into a soggy tissue. I was ready to go home.

Then I saw something moving near a stone wall. Something bigger than a frog.

Dad and I shined our lights and crouched.

“Is it a lizard?” I asked.

“No, it’s a salamander,” Dad said. “See how its skin looks moist and smooth? Lizards are dry and scaly.”

“Hey, I just realized something,” I said. “The animals out tonight—frogs and salamanders—are amphibians.” We’d learned about amphibians in school.

“Great observation,” Dad said.

The salamander moved with a wiggle and looked like an S flipping back and forth. I touched it with one finger. Its skin felt smooth.

Then the salamander crawled into the ditch.

“That was fun,” Dad said, pushing wet hair out of his eyes. “You ready to go back?”

I nodded. “Yeah. What a great froggy night.”

Dad smiled. “I’m glad you came out.”

As we walked toward home, I said, “This night needs just one thing to make it perfect.”

“What’s that?” asked Dad.

“Hot chocolate.”

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