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To: Rambi who wrote (62577)	5/10/2002 12:30:17 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

>>don't know what kind he is. He is a brownish-grey knobbly frog. He doesn't seem to have a great deal of personality, which is unfortunate since he isn't very pretty<< hmmmm...how are his legs??

To: Rambi who wrote (62577)	5/11/2002 8:26:44 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 71178

Our frog seems to be a mute. At least I haven't heard him singing yet. I thought he had left, but yesterday when I took the top off a skimmer, there he was staring up at me. I have been thinking about your pool frog this morning. Silent frogs tend to be very smart frogs. When a frog senses that it is in danger, one of its best defensive strategies is to sit still in absolute silence. I've often followed water snakes as they hunt along the edge of rivers up here. When a water snake encounters a frog in the vegetation along the shoreline, the frog will immediately freeze, staring into space as though it is unaware of the danger. It must take tremendous courage for them to sit, unblinking and entirely motionless, while an extremely capable predator slithers all around it. Incredible as it may seem, the snake will more often than not, leave the frog where it is and move along down the river. But if the frog were to attempt to hop away, it would be done for in a flash, because water snakes are quick and deadly hunters. So, when your frog sits in the pool, silently staring into space, he or she is just playing things safe.. in case a water snake happens to come slithering by. Actually, your story reminds me a little of a cartoon that I haven't seen in years. I think it was a Warner Bros. one about a frog that could dance and sing Broadway musical songs... Hello My Rag Time Gal, or something like that. It would sing and dance for the man who discovered it, but when he tried to show it to anyone to get rich, it would sit still, looking silent and stupid. Maybe your frog just doesn't want to be in show biz. (o:

To: Rambi who wrote (62577)	5/17/2002 6:56:36 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Hello there had a most interesting day. You know I have several children in my class who do not speak English. Well, today we had Junior Achievement in to the classroom- they took over the classroom and taught the kids about resources, or tried to teach the kids about resources. We had a very nice guy from SBC Pac Bell in our class. He didn't speak any other languages though- so I took one of the girls from Mexico into the hall to read some of her bilingual books. We read her insect book and then we made up a fruit book together- I would draw the picture, she would write the word in Spanish , and then I would write the word in English. At SOME point though, she decided I knew way more Spanish than I do, and she just started rattling on about her puebla and her escuela in Mexico and something about someone in some sort of outfit singing something about Mexico, and people in big hats, and ladies with braids throwing candies from the tops of their heads- I SWEAR to God that kid went on for over an hour. We were in the hall from 10 to 12:30- and I don't know how much of it was her talking. This girl only came to our school a week ago- and she spent all of last week crying and asking to go home. Today I saw her laughing and smiling- about what? I've no idea- although some of it was definitely about parties and food, which I THINK she had at her old school, but I'm not totally sure. If the parties were as fun as I think she said they were, I'm not surprised she doesn't think much of our school. Rambi, I cannot tell you what a wonderful and frustrating experience it is to have someone sad open up to you, totally, in a language you don't speak. Never had anything like that happen to me before. Wild and crazy. I'm definitely taking Spanish at night school immediately. ALthough as of today I'm pretty good on fruits.