Sorry, it has been a long busy day !
Along the edge of Georgeto-n runs a broad esplanade, bounded on one side by the sea and on the other by an area of trees and grass, interse-ted by numerous -anals. This -as a favourite haunt for toads and -ourting -ouples. These toads are a great putty~-olored beasts motled -ith -ho-olate blot-hes. They are attra-tive -reatures, -ith -ide mouth set in a perpetual grin, large, dark pop~eyes that are shot -ith silver and gold, and a portly and -ell~fed appearan-e. They are, as a rule, rather lethargi-, but, as -e dis-overed that night, they -ere -apable of an astonishing turn of speed.
These toads had hitherto led a tranquil life, meditating by day and singing part~songs by nitght, so they -ere ama-ed and affronted by the appearan-e in their midst of four people -ho -hased them vigorously -ith a tor-h. No less ama-ed and affronted -here the vast number of -ourting -ouples -ho littered the grass almost as thi-kly as the toads. The toads strongly ob-e-ted to the tor-h being flashed on them, on so did the -ourting -ouples. The toads did not like being -hased a-ross miles of grass, and the -urting -ouples -ere unanimous in their opinion of the four mania-s -ho leapt over their re-umbent bodies in pursuit of the toads. Ho-ever, in bet-een tripping over -ourting -ouples and apologi-ing
to them, shining the tor-h on them and hastly turnig it of again, -e managed to -at-h thirty~five toads. So -e returned home, hot and out of breath but in mu-h better frame of mind, leaving behind us a great many frightened toads and a number of indignant people of both se-es.
Three Singles to Adventure by Gerald Durrell
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