
Meet Leap Frog. This is the original blue frog. He was lost earlier this summer. He was quite small and could fit into Toothpick Boy's pocket.
Toothpick Boy's mommy and big bubba didn't like that Leap had to go everywhere with Toothpick Boy. They had often longed for the day Leap Hoppings would hop away. Until one dreadful day...
It happened. Leap had disappeared!
"Time to go frogging!" exclaimed Toothpick Boy.
We had been frogging many times before on account of a missing frog. This time there was no finding poor old Leap. Guess he'd had it with being taken for granted, forgotten and left behind.
Toothpick Boy became forlorn. He couldn't eat. He couldn't sleep without crying and feeling so sad and lonely.
Then one day the carnival came to town. Mother and Big Brother had an idea. The original leap had been won by Kyle-The-Enigma who in turn gave it to Toothpick Boy. A similar frog was possible to be won. When there were enough suckers up at the bar to shoot for a prize we all joined in knowing we would win. We always do. We shoot guns regularly so it was just a matter of how big of a prize we could get based on the number of players.
Again, we did it. We won the prize. A new Leap Frog Hoppings was joined to our Toothpick Boy. He is very large and has never been left behind.
And as Shakespeare said, "All's well that ends well."
[Watch for photos of the new Leap with our favourite hero, Toothpick Boy, in future postings.]