Let us introduce ourselves...

Let us introduce ourselves, we are about 200 common frog tadpoles that were saved from ravenous ramhorn snails by our blessed deity who we call "The Great Fat Frog" (blessed be his name). You see our parents, in their wisdom, laid us in an ornamental pond, with high side walls and a surplus of murderous snails and giant shubunkins.

When we hatched we found ourselves in a plastic box that gave us panoramic views of the pond in which we had been laid. As well as our parents, we regularly see two or three other frogs hiding under the lily pads in the Hallowed Pond. We'd love to live with them, but The Great Fat Frog has told us we must stay in this special refuge he has created for us.



For the last couple of months we have led a carefree life, feasting on regular supplies of algae, daphnia and Tetramin (which we love). But of late it was getting a bit crowded and so we recently moved to a garden trug which gave us a lot more room to charge around. Quite a lot of us have grown back legs but yesterday six of our number found they had grown front legs over night! These are great! They can hang onto floating weed really well and two have even tried making little jumps. Funnily enough the six seem to have lost their appetites and their tails are shrinking. It's all a bit mysterious and not a little frightening - especially as they have suddenly started going on about wanting to leave home and explore the big wide world...