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Submitted to Contest #86
Two friends perched on a sun-warmed rock beside a babbling brook. One was a toad, his coarse, olive skin enjoying the new warmth of the sun. The other was a cricket, anxious to search for reemerging bugs but obliged to sit by his friend. A light breeze nearly tipped over the cricket, so he huddled nearer to the frog to be protected against the soft winds that sent the leaves singing. Also to stay out of view of mama birds desperate to feed their chirping children. Normally the cricket submerged himself i...
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