frog

Jynx was pouncing on something the other night. My wife looked over and said, "Get that bug." That got my attention and I looked over in time to see the "bug" hop.

My wife was then like, "That isn't a bug. What is it?"

I saw that it was a tree frog and Jynx played with it again. I like tree frogs and I didn't want to see Jynx kill it. I ran over to save the frog from further harm.

At first, the frog was afraid of me and tried to hop away. But it was more afraid of Jynx. I was able to get the frog to hop onto my hand. I cupped it to prevent its escape and placed it outside the front door.

Jynx went nuts for the next ten minutes. He kept looking for that frog. He was convinced it was still in the house. He still wanted to play with the little guy.

It is almost time for me to go nuts with my red pen. My second collection of stories is nearing completion since I have decided to keep it down to twelve stories like Shorts: A Collection of Stories. I just need a few of the stories critiqued and do some follow up work after that. I'm thinking that I can get it to an editor here in a couple of months. Assuming it takes less than a month to edit, it could be out just before Halloween.

So like the tree frog, my next collection of stories is almost out the front door!