NaturallyResilient

About

I went to the grocery store early one morning. I pulled into my driveway as usual and started taking my load into the house. It was while walking down the sidewalk between the driveway and the front door when I spied it. Right in the middle of the walkway was a toad, but one thing was wrong, its head was missing!

We had several cats and I assumed that one decided to see what toad tasted like. Hey I have had frog legs before (taste like rubbery chicken) so I thought the cat was going to try some but got the wrong end. I have heard that toads will let off a terrible tasting secretion from their mouth when attacked. The cat must have got hold of that and left the rest of the toad alone but not before decapitating it.

I decided to toss the remains into the bar ditch to get it away from the house and off the sidewalk. As I reached down and touched the toad, IT MOVED! I jumped back and ran into the house. All day long I would take peaks out the window and every once in a while I would see it in a different position! I have since heard that frogs don’t need much of a brain.

It was freaking me out. I did not go outside all day.

When my husband came home, I asked him if he had seen the toad. He said he had and he had tossed it into the ditch. I told him my story and said to him “didn’t it move on you?” My husband replied “Well, no. It was pretty dried out.”

I have never been able to look at a toad or a frog the same way since.