Frog was completely alone! Toad was worried: was Frog sad? Frog answered: “I am happy. I am very happy. This morning when I woke up, I felt good because the sun was shining. I felt good because I was a frog. And I felt good because I have you for a friend. I wanted to be alone. I wanted to think about how fine everything is.”
— Arnold Lobel, from Days with Frog and Toad, Alone
Today the sun was shining,
Breeze and sense of ease, entwining.
The frogs were swimming,
All the world was grinning.
Dragonfly fairies danced,
The scent of lilies entranced.
Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham
20 thoughts on “Frog, Alone”
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Friendly Fairy Tales 
delightful! I love FROG and TOAD stories!
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Lobel’s books are awesome!
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perfect and i love frog and toad too!
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My hubby reads it to my daughter regularly. 🙂
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Beautiful! I love Frog and Toad, what a lovely memory, thanks.
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I’m so glad you love F&T, too! 🙂
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Brenda this is wonderful 🙂 Thank you for sending it over. 🙂
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I’m glad you like it! 🙂 Happy August!
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Thank you for reminding me about Frog and Toad. Such beautiful children’s books with simple and clear messages – like your poem. Beautiful.
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Yes, Frog and Toad are among my favorite pre readers! 🙂 I love to read them to my kids.
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AnElephant, like the world, is grinning.
Just wonderful!
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Thank you, AnElephant!!
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I hope you will send this in to: artists4peaceproject@gmail.com Do it right away for the August post on Friendship. Deadline is August 1st so send a link to the poem asap. Thank you.
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Will do, and thanks!
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Frog and Toad were my favorite book series when I was a child. It explains so much about my personality, in retrospect. Love the quote, the photo, and the poem. That story brings me back.
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I love Frog and Toad, too. It’s so peaceful. I got a picture of the little frog today, and it reminded me. 🙂
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That’s so sweet. I sort of love frogs. I bought a painting of a frog from an artist named Inocente this year.
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The hubby and I have a frog thing. We collect frogs. We have a frog playing violin in the garden, for instance. 🙂
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I used to have a golden frog Buddha meditating that my mom bought for me at IKEA. When I don’t fawn over frogs, I collect owl and cat stuff…and elephants…and alpacas. Ok, I just all animals, really.
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Yes, I like cats, gargoyles, fairies, owls, you name it. 🙂
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