Title of Work: Get to the caterpillar

Title of Work: Get to the caterpillar

1 Sentence Summary: Two frogs who are rivals race each other to the top to claim the prize of a caterpillar.

This is the story of two frogs who lived on a pond.

These two frogs, one green, the other brown, could never get along with one another.

Every morning they competed to see who could hop the furthest from one end of the pond to the other. Every afternoon, they competed to see who could snatch more flies out of the air in the shortest amount of time. And every night they competed to see who could croak the loudest.

It was quite evident from this point that they were rivals to the very end.

As their rivalry continued, they noticed a caterpillar had hatched on the top branches of a bush by the pond edge. As the days went by, the aforementioned caterpillar began to put on the pounds and in no time it was big and fat.

Now I am not sure about you, but to a frog, nothing is more lip smacking than a big fat caterpillar and both frogs decided that they would make this caterpillar their meal.

As they both hopped over to the bush, each realized that the other had the exact same idea. The green frog begun to shove the brown frog out of the way. Not wanting to be outdone, the brown fog pushed back.

This groveling continued till they arrived under the bush.

Standing at opposite ends of the same stem, both amphibians took up their respective places. Glaring hostilely at each other, they begun their ascent, each with the same thought "Get to the top before he does"

As they ascended the branch, the green frog began to tire. Stopping to catch his breath, he watched as the brown individual proceeded up higher. Not intending on losing, our innovative amphibian friend grabbed a stink bug on the nearest leaf and flung it in the brown frogs direction. As the name stinkbug suggest, this species of bug smells terrible. And this one landed on the brown frogs' nose.

Startled by the sudden appearance of this individual and its horrid stink, the brown frog frantically tried to swipe it off. As he was dealing with the stink, the green frog slipped pass him upwards, snickering in delight at the browns dilemma.

After managing to remove the foul smelling cling-on, the brown frog was fuming mad. With thunderclouds above his head, he stormed up the branch in pursuit of the green individual. As he passed a branch, he reached over and grabbed a prickly stick insect and with it smacked the green frog in the rear.

For those of you who don't know, the prickly stick insect is covered in sharp thorns like those on a rose bush. The green frog let out a loud croak and turning around to tend to his aching posterior, which allowed the brown to pass him.

Not intending on losing out to a prank he had begun, the green frog put on his mountain climbing shoes and with great speed closed the lead which the brown frog had gained. As they raced to the top, the caterpillar began to come within reach. Both frogs increased their pace, hoping to edge ahead.

However, just as they were about to both reach for the prize, a black crow landed in front of them on the branch which the caterpillar lay. Staring at the two, it gave them a smug look and with a peck grabbed the caterpillar and took to the air, letting off a mocking call.

Both frogs turned to each other and were about to start arguing when they realized that there was another more pressing problem on hand.....

How were they suppose to get down?