I guess I don't really know that it's a HE. But it sure is freaky.
Of course, I'm speaking of THIS strange creature, an apparently albino water-loving frog of sorts, lurking around one of three fish tanks at the restaurant Chequer's in Midwest City, where I had lunch today. I've seen it many times in my many meals at this usually tasty establishment, but that frog is not exactly good on the appetite, and today they sat us right next to the darn fish tank where it makes its home.
My kids get a kick out of it because of it's behavior. It sits there at the bottom of the tank, usually motionless, so much so that we thought it was fake the first time we saw it. Every four or five minutes, it "swims" to the surface for a breath of air, and then let's itself sink back to the bottom for further exciting adventures in creepy stillness. Ever since we first saw it, the kids MUST go see the frog before we leave if we are not sitting near it. They have to watch it for several minutes in utter suspense as they wait for that inspirational moment of flubber-pumping action. Or, that's what it looks like anyway, the thing is so seemingly overly plump. But this wallowing for air never seems to disappoint the children as they giggle at the sight of it, and as I find myself tearing them disappointedly away from the fish tank as we depart.
Today, however, was a different story. Since we sat right next to the thing, we had a very distracted meal, particularly from the children. After our close encounter today, I have officially had about enough of the freaky frog.
Frog legs anyone?
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