“No, little one. Lillian’s the emotional vampire. You’re the frog.” “Sounds like a rejected Grimm’s fairy tale. ‘The Frog and the Emotional Vampire.’” Both women paused for a moment, imagining the illustrations. Myrna came back to her senses first. “The frog in the frying pan is a psychological term, a phenomenon,” she said. “If you stick a frog into a sizzling hot frying pan what’ll it do?” “Jump out?” suggested Clara. “Jump out. But if you put one into a pan at room temperature then slowly raise the heat, what happens?” Clara thought about it. “It’ll jump out when it gets too hot?” Myrna
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