OUR LITTLE CORNER OF THE UNIVERSE

"What matters most are the simple pleasures so abundant that we can all enjoy them...Happiness doesn't lie in the objects we gather around us. To find it, all we need to do is open our eyes.”

 

- Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMI3PA3LUXQ

Our Corner of the Universe - K.S. Rhoads (The Little Prince trailer)

 

I did not see the other little froglet to the left at the back until after I put my pictures on my laptop. That's how small they are! Do you think there looks like a shark's head with the lily pads and the rose petal as the lower jaw and the little froglets as his eye and nose! These little froglets must be very careful !!!!! I think they are deserving of a poem. Look how he still has a little tail : 0)) Oh, I already know it is not the bestest picture in the world, but it is cute, right, and lightens the mood, which is what we all need right now!

: 0) Happy Weekend everyone! <3

 

For a moment I was worried

the smallest hoverfly swung by

and on the lily pad was sitting

the tiniest froglet smaller than the fly

could he be Le Petit Prince

if I kissed him would he transform

from frog to Prince and tall in stature

safe from the fly and free from harm

he sat so still I wanted to poke him

I saw a stick nearby

but he was so cute and perfect sat there

I was afraid that I would make him cry

so I took a photo to see more detail

and noticed that he has a few bumps

could it be that he is a toad

or a tiny frog who has the mumps

I do not know enough about them

I assumed that once they absorbed their tails

they would blow up to life size frogs

not so small you could fit twenty inside a snail

what do they eat now they are no longer tadpoles

I have been feeding them goldfish food

I half expected them to turn into goldfish

you are what you eat and it affects your mood

alternate days I fed them tropical fish food

but they preferred the goldfish one

some of my cats tried to lap it from the water

attracted to the smell and having fun

one cat scratched a nearby log

and out of the corner of my eye I saw a lot of things spring

into the water with barely a splash

myriads of froglets or toads or somethings

nature is a big learning curve

it teaches us things we might never know

and also I learn about myself

I learn patience and compassion and wish on a rainbow

I wish I wish with all my might

that the little frogs will stay with me

that they will not look beyond the walls

that they will choose here to raise their families.

 

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