My Candy Land Adventure

The only thing that I love more than adventure is sweets! Some of my favorite little humans took me to the most amazing candy store this week. I mean, the place had everything! There were sour candies, sweet candies, chocolate candies, and ice cream. There were even gummy frogs (but we decided they should be called Gummy Ribbits... gonna have to talk to the owner about changing the name now that I'm a big star). Of all the candies, my favorites were the candy crickets and ants covered in chocolate. Yum yum! The humans thought that those candies were pretty gross (for whatever reason) and they stuck to the colorful candy that lined the walls of the store instead. Oh well, more crickets for me! We had a blast frolicking around the candy store, choosing our goodies, and checking out some of the old toys for sale. One of the humans played a joke and snuck up on me with a toy snake. I tell ya, I nearly had a heart attack! I didn't even have my cattail sword! I was so glad he wasn't real. After my experience with the water snake, I could do without seeing another snake for the rest of my life! Despite my little scare, this is an adventure I would definitely like to do again (soon if possible... like, maybe next week). I'm going to get back to eating my bag of candy crickets now. See you on the next adventure!

My Hospital Adventure

It all started late last night. I was happily dreaming about exploring this super cool underground fort that I found where there was all this treasure and fly treats, when all of a sudden I woke up feeling hot. I mean, I felt like my body was on fire! I cried out for my mom who quickly came in and put her hand on my forehead. I think she could feel that I was burning up so she called for my dad and they took me to see Dr. Bouncer at the hospital. Zippy came along too, but she slept through the whole thing. She didn't even know that she had been on an adventure last night. When we told her today, she cried because she said she always misses the adventures, but I think that she picked a good one to miss. This adventure was no fun at all.

     Anyway, when we got to the hospital Dr. Bouncer took my temperature. He looked at the thermometer, made a concerned face, and then said that we needed to stay for a while so he could keep an eye on me. Then he gave me this candy fly flavored medicine, which was so yucky! I had to plug my nose in order to drink it down. How could they possible claim that it is candy fly flavored? I never tasted a candy fly that gross before. Yucko! The good news is that a just a little while after I gulped down the sticky, bitter medicine I felt much better and Dr. Bouncer said that my parents could take me home. Thanks goodness! I was so ready for bed!

            Today I’m just relaxing, reading, and drawing up plans for my next adventure because my mom said I am too sick to go to school. She’s making me drink lots and lots of water (so much I feel like a water balloon about to burst) and said that hopefully I will be feeling better tomorrow. I certainly hope so because I need to get back to fighting evil-doers and saving the day. See you on the next adventure!

My Zoo Adventure

I’m back in Lily Pad Hollow this weekend, just relaxing beside the crisp, cool waters of the pond and enjoying a mosquito milkshake with my two best buddies, Phinn and Croak. This is the first weekend in a while that I haven’t had something to do and it feels nice to just hang out with my friends.

With all this time on my hands, I’ve had some time to think about some of my past adventures. One of them comes to mind as one of my favorites – my zoo adventure. That’s right! A while ago, I, Ribbit McFly, got to visit a zoo with some of my favorite little humans.

I'm told this big hairy
beast is called a bear.

On the bus ride there, Mrs. Hall told us all about the types of animals we would see and I couldn’t believe how many cool creatures lived in the zoo. I mean, R.T. Hopkins would have leapt for joy to get to see these animals up close and personal. He could have written like a hundred books just from the animals we were about to see in one day. I knew this was going to be an awesome adventure!

When we finally arrived at the zoo, I couldn’t wait to see the animals I had heard so much about. Mrs. Hall gathered us all together and told us that we could break off into small groups and explore on our own (with a parent to look after us, of course). How cool was that? I quickly picked a few of my best friends from class and we wasted no time in getting started.

Silly Monkeys

The first animals we saw were called giraffes. They had the longest, most ridiculous necks I had ever seen! It would take all the frogs in Lily Pad Hollow standing on top of each other just to touch the nose of that incredible animal. I could’ve used that giraffe to help me get my favorite acorn frizbee out of the tall tree in Old Frog Amphibulus’ yard. Maybe they would let me take one home with me? Probably not, but it doesn’t hurt to ask.

Here's the meanie owl

With spirits high, we quickly moved on to see some other animals. They had animals called tigers (yikes, their sharp teeth were scary), monkeys (they seemed like a ton of fun), penguins (I loved their fancy looking outfits), and even owls like Ollie. I carefully approached one of the owls because I wanted to ask if he knew Ollie, but he actually tried to attack me! I’m telling you – as soon as he caught sight of me, he started tugging at the rope on his foot, eyeing me as if I were lunch. I didn’t care for that at all, so my group of humans and I got out of there real quick.

When the sun hung high in the sky, it was time for us to head back. We had a little time before school ended, so I drew a picture of all the animals I saw and brought it back to Lily Pad Hollow to share with my class at Dragonfly Elementary. The other frogs asked a lot of questions and seemed interested in the zoo, all except Kilroy and Squiggy that is. They kept saying that I was making the whole thing up. I just ignored them because I knew the truth and now I even have some pictures to prove it. See you on the next adventure!

My favorite place  - the Insect Zoo!
 If only I could've figured out a way to get through the glass!
Then I could have had a delicious lunch. Yum!

My Walk A Jog Adventure

I spent the morning with a crowd of little humans walking to raise money for our school. We stampeded the streets with spirits high - waving hello to friends, and taking in the beautiful sunshine. I even got to stop and chat with some of the students I have met throughout my years at Park School, which was super fun. It always amazes me how quickly those human kids grow and I love that they never forget me no matter how big they get. Could you imagine if I grew as fast and as tall as them? Ha ha! I'd really be able to scare the daylights out of evil-doers then! :) On the other hand, I wouldn't be able to leap from lily pad to lily pad with Phinn and Croak anymore, so I guess it's for the best. 

After our walking journey was over, I got to play at the school carnival. It was so awesome! They had games similar to the games we played at the carnival Lily Pad Hollow threw for us when we came back from our grand adventure. They only difference was that they didn't have fly prizes and instead of candied flies or fly fries, they served some authentic Mexican Food (which all the humans went crazy for). 

Walk A Jog (more like Walk A Fun!)

Oh yeah! I almost forgot to mention the most exciting part! While walking the course at a very swift pace, a giant black panther suddenly crept up behind me. That's right, I said a panther! My heart stopped as I set my sights upon the beast. I quickly reached for my cattail sword to defend myself and the humans around me. Thankfully, I didn't have to use it though because the humans quickly filled me in on how he was a nice panther and was something called a mascot for our school. I trusted those humans, so I mustered up my courage, introduced myself to the big animal and found that they were right! He was really friendly! He told me that his name was Shadow and not to worry because he had no intention of eating me. Phew! He even let me get my picture taken with him. 

Good thing I'm such a brave frog or else I would have found those teeth pretty intimidating.

After a long and exciting day, I'm calling it a night and heading back to Lily Pad Hollow to share all the stories of my Walk A Jog Adventure with Phinn, Croak, and my family. See you on the next adventure!