Laurene wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:21 pm
Once injured of course, the inevitable outcome was a slow decline leading to death but the question remains, was Mr Frog's demise hastened in any way by the resident toad family, or perhaps by an intruder we have yet to identify?
Very perceptive of you! I've no doubt the toads conspired to hasten Mr Frog's departure from this world, but...
Sherlock Holmes, being of a suspicious nature, habitually omits certain information. There thus remains a chance that the unsuspecting culprit will incriminate him/her self by making mention of the said omitted fact.
In this case, after chalking a line around the deceased Mr Frog and removing his body, the ARO (Amphibious Removal Operative) had his attention drawn to a movement in the bottom of the pond, perhaps a mere two feet further north from where the body was discovered.
On closer examination the ARO perceived the presence of a lurking entrepreneurial fish. It carried upon its person - two forward mounted and a second pair installed midway along its length - appendages of its own invention.
"My dear Watson," Holmes addressed his companion, "as a medical man, what do you deduce are the protuberances exhibited by the fish that we espy below us?"
"Well, Holmes," Watson began with some reluctance, "they appear... they appear to be... No. No, I'm quite certain of my findings, Holmes. That fish... that fish has LEGS!"
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We call him Neville, and he's the first newt we've ever found in our pond
