My family and I were enjoying a walk the other evening. The weather was warm and thunderstorms were predicted. You could feel the water hanging in the air waiting to be released.
As we approached what seemed to be a stone in the road, it moved. Actually, it hopped. "A toad!" my son said with delight. We continued on our walk. Several feet later up the same street, my husband said, "There's a toad!" And my son spotted two more nearby. Each street we walked had toads in the road like stony sentinels of the evening.
In the semi-darkness of our twilight stroll, we greeted many toads. It became a festive game of who-can-spot-the-toad-in-the-road first. Their bumpy skin is so reminiscent of a stone in the darkness until they hop for the sides of the road, scrabbling to the safety of the grass.
"Why are there so many toads?" my son asked.
"It will rain soon. And they like the rain, " I replied. "When we get home, I will look up the meaning of toad in my animal medicine book and we will read it at bedtime tonight."
"Yay!" my son cheered.
According to my reference book, frogs (the closest option to toads) are able to call to the Thunder Beings (thunder, lightning, and rain). Frog medicine is considered very cleansing and healing by shamans.
That night, we had terrific thunderstorms. In the morning, my son commented, "The toads in the road did their job well." *smile*
As we approached what seemed to be a stone in the road, it moved. Actually, it hopped. "A toad!" my son said with delight. We continued on our walk. Several feet later up the same street, my husband said, "There's a toad!" And my son spotted two more nearby. Each street we walked had toads in the road like stony sentinels of the evening.
In the semi-darkness of our twilight stroll, we greeted many toads. It became a festive game of who-can-spot-the-toad-in-the-road first. Their bumpy skin is so reminiscent of a stone in the darkness until they hop for the sides of the road, scrabbling to the safety of the grass.
"Why are there so many toads?" my son asked.
"It will rain soon. And they like the rain, " I replied. "When we get home, I will look up the meaning of toad in my animal medicine book and we will read it at bedtime tonight."
"Yay!" my son cheered.
According to my reference book, frogs (the closest option to toads) are able to call to the Thunder Beings (thunder, lightning, and rain). Frog medicine is considered very cleansing and healing by shamans.
That night, we had terrific thunderstorms. In the morning, my son commented, "The toads in the road did their job well." *smile*
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