Researchers found a frog in new guinea that is so tiny, they believe it's the smallest vertebrate on the planet. It has the tiniest backbone of any living creature, except members of Congress.
Even as a child, she had preferred night to day, had enjoyed sitting out in the yard after sunset, under the star-speckled sky listening to frogs and crickets. Darkness soothed. It softened the sharp edges of the world, toned down the too-harsh colors. With the coming of twilight, the sky seemed to recede; the universe expanded. The night was bigger than the day, and in its realm, life seemed to have more possibilities.
The Master was exceedingly gracious to university dons who visited him, but he would never reply to their questions or be drawn into their theological speculations. To his disciples, who marveled at this, he said, "Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts?
I am content to live it all again And yet again, if it be life to pitch Into the frog-spawn of a blind man's ditch.
What happens to me if this slipper fits?" "I turn you into a handsome frog.
There must be a marsh in the brains of these men or there would not be so many frogs of wrong ideas gathered in their heads.
I like snakes. I like hummingbirds. There's nothing on earth I don't like. Frogs. Salamanders. The bunnies, the giraffes, the hippopotamuses.
The biologist passes. The frog stays the same.
And Poppy, remember that someday you will meet a frog who will turn into a handsome prince. " "Good," Beatrix said. "Because all she's met so far are princes who turn into frogs. " "Mr. Bayning is not a frog," Poppy protested. "You're right," Beatrix said. "That was very unfair to frogs, who are lovely creatures.
POETRY: A sliver of the moon lost in the belly of a golden frog.
So I know you must have a plan and this wolf—" "Beast," Min said. "—frog, whatever, can't fit your plan. " "He's not a frog," Min said. "I kissed him and he did not turn into a prince. "He turned into a god. No, he didn't. "Look, I'm never going to see him again, so everybody can relax.
Frog catching is the most fun a human being can have while on this earth.
I cleared my throat - it isn't frogs you get in your throat; it's memories.
The other raised his club and attacked L, who inexpliciably fell over on his back like an overturned frog.
Eat that frog! If you have to eat 3 frogs, eat the biggest and uggliest one first.
Frog or pearl, life hid something at the bottom of the cup.
In grammar school they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fairy tale. In the university they taught me that a frog turning into a prince was a fact!
One hundred trout are needed to support one man for a year. The trout, in turn, must consume 90,000 frogs, that must consume 27 million grasshoppers that live off of 1,000 tons of grass.
I have tried being surreal, but my frogs hop right back into their realistic ponds.
Well,” said the frog, “what are you going to do about it?” “Marrying Therandil? I don’t know. I’ve tried talking to my parents, but they won’t listen, and neither will Therandil. ” “I didn’t ask what you’d said about it,” the frog snapped. “I asked what you’re going to do. Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.