I was walking along the road when I saw it. It was a lovely summer’s afternoon. Not much traffic. And there it was! On the side of the road. I was blown away. I had never seen anything like it before.
When I got home I told my wife.
“You won’t believe what I saw today. Suddenly. On the side of the road. There it was.”
“Goodness gracious!” she said. “Is it safe?”
“I’m not sure,” I said. “I suppose I should report it.”
“But who do you report it to?” she asked. “The police?”
“I don’t know,” I said. “I’d imagine the police wouldn’t be interested. It’s not a crime.”
“Well who then?” she asked.
“Do you want to come and have a look?” I said. “It will probably still be there.”
So we walked along the road. It was really rather exciting. But when we got there it was nowhere to be seen.
“Blast!” said Janina. “I’ve never seen the rare Purple-Spotted Seven-Toed Toad before.”
That’s why you need to carry a camera (or your phone) with you at all times. Alas.
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Or a gun. A dead one is also proof that you saw it.
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Very true.
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I was hoping it would be that zombie that Vlad killed, but the toad sounds cool too.
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The zombie croaked so it could have been a frog.
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Good one 😂
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I was hoping for a body…oh well.
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The road to Hell is paved with murders!
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A net or jar would also have worked.
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You clearly don’t know the size of the Purple-Spotted Seven-Toed Toad!
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Some people never realise their wife is a Purple-Spotted Seven-Toed Toad. Such occurrences are, of course, rarely ever heard of unless you frequent exotic blogs.
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I shall keep an eye out.
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There’s never a camera around when you need one!
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The day before yesterday I saw a pitch black fantail (a NZ native bird that is variously dull coloured in light colours) and black fantails are rare and I’ve never seen one before. So I took the camera today and had camera but no fantail!
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Such is life….
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I thought you’ll leave us without revealing what it was. But a toad’s fine. As long as it has seven toes and is purple spotted.
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Glad that the toad took a load off your mind.
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