Chapter 57: The Golden Frog
Cookie looked at Yang Ni timidly and asked in a low voice: "Brother Yang, do you think the golden toad will be here?"
Yang Ni felt a little numb when he saw this scene, but at least he had to look for it first.
So he cheered up and said to the cookie: "I have walked so far, only frogs here. I think it is quite possible that the golden toad is nearby. Let's look for it separately."
Two people walked around the pond, one left and one right, and began to search one meter by one.
Yang Ni looked carefully. The water here is clear and there are many frogs, but there is no golden color.
Before they knew it, the two had already walked to the widest part of the pond. Just as Yang Ni began to doubt his judgment, he suddenly heard the cookie shouting loudly on the other side: "Brother Yang, come and take a look, there is a very strange frog here."
Yang Ni's heart moved and ran over quickly.
It wasn't too late, Yang Ni rushed to Cookie's side.
Cookie stretched out her finger, pointed to Yang Ni and said, "Brother Yang, look over there."
Yang Ni looked along her fingers. Sure enough, about 5 or 6 meters ahead, a golden frog, much smaller than an ordinary frog, was lying on the mud on the shore, with two powerful hind legs constantly thrusting the soil.
Judging from its appearance, it seemed that it wanted to dig a dirt.
Cookie whispered to Yang Ni: "Is this the golden toad?"
Yang Ni frowned and said nothing.
According to his limited biological knowledge, frogs are the ones with smooth skin, and toads are the ones with rough skin.
But the one in front of me was a little smoother than an ordinary frog, and it looked a little cute.
But the key is that the golden frog's actions were so strange.
All the frogs in the entire pond either lie down and bask in the sun or swim leisurely. Only this one is on the edge of the pond, which is more than ten centimeters away, constantly pushing away the soil with its hind legs. Although it can only push a little bit at a time, it has been digging like this for a long time, and there is a shallow ditch of more than 20 centimeters in front of it.
However, this area should have been land, and a large pond was formed after the river water rose. The soil was still hard. It was not easy to achieve this with such a frog that was only 7 or 8 cm long.
Half of the time has passed, and a decision must be made as soon as possible.
Yang Ni pondered for a moment and said to the cookie: "No matter whether it is a frog or a toad, it is absolutely true that it is a golden one. I will catch it first. Maybe Bai Ye and the others have found the real golden toad."
Cookie nodded in agreement, so the two of them slowly got up from their hiding place and tiptoed over.
However, the golden frog didn't care about their actions at all, and was still tenaciously digging the soil with its hind legs.
Yang Ni's eyes were quick and quick. He bent down and reached out, and then he picked up the little frog in his palm.
Suddenly being caught, the frog naturally struggled without stopping by kicking his legs and swinging his claws. At the same time, it kept making "quacking" sounds.
Yang Ni felt that the entry was cold and slippery, but he didn't dare to use force, for fear of pinching the golden frog to death. Although the rules did not say that he had to live, he didn't say that he could die. To be on the safe side, Yang Ni was still preparing to capture it alive.
Unexpectedly, the frog struggled extremely violently, and the surface of her skin was covered with a layer of mucus. Yang Niyi accidentally let the little thing escape and jumped into the water with a "thump".
A golden light flashed, and the frog disappeared in an instant.
Yang Ni looked speechless, but there was no way. After looking at the cookies, the girl also had a regretful expression on her face.
There was no way. The two of them were about to give up and were about to walk back, but they saw a flash of golden light. The golden frog, which had not yet escaped for 5 seconds, rushed to the shore again, ignoring Yang Ni, Cookie and the other two, as if nothing had happened just now, continued to jump to the shallow small ditch and digging up the soil with force.
Seeing that the frog was lost and recovered, Cookie was so happy that she shouted at Yang Ni: "Brother Yang, it's back."
Although I don’t know why, Yang Ni would never let it run away this time, and held his breath and pinched it into his palm for the second time.
"Haha, let's see how you run this time." Cookie's childlike innocence rose and said to the frog.
But the frog seemed to understand her words and stopped struggling. Instead, she shouted twice. The only right claw that could move freely came out and pointed to the ground desperately. A pair of watery eyes stared at the cookie without blinking, and then a drop of tears flowed out.
Cookie was a little reluctant and said to Yang Ni: "Brother Yang, be gentle, you seem to have pinched it and hurt you, you're crying when you see it."
This was the first time Yang Ni saw a frog crying. Logically speaking, the IQ of this amphibian reptile is very low, but at this time, when he looked at the frog, he was filled with love and reluctance.
Yang Ni was surprised in his heart, and his eyes unconsciously looked at its claws.
After seeing this, Yang Ni finally discovered the clue.
It turned out that at the end of the shallow ditch, there was a small puddle. It seemed that it was splashed out when the river water was rising, but it was almost dry at this time.
And in this puddle as big as a palm, about a dozen golden tadpoles gathered together and squeezed around in a daze, but at this speed, in a few minutes, the group of tadpoles would be thirsty.
Yang Ni's heart moved and he instantly thought of his grandfather.
His parents died since childhood, and it was because of his grandfather's hard work that he had brought him into adulthood. When he was young, he felt that he could not hold on anymore, but his grandfather just gritted his teeth and went out to work for others in exchange for meager living expenses. It can be said that without his grandfather's persistence, he would definitely not be able to live today.
This is very similar to what this frog does.
Seeing that Yang Ni's eyes were straight and his expression was full of pain, Cookie looked at him according to his eyes.
"Wow, what a cute tadpole!" Although the cookie was a little afraid of frogs, she had no resistance to those tadpoles.
After thinking a little, Cookie also understood the situation in front of her: "Brother Yang, I understand that the frog in your hand seems to be their mother. The reason why it wants to come back is to dig a canal and put its children back into the water."
Yang Ni took back his mind and nodded slightly, "That seems to be the case."
Cookie tilted her little head, stretched out a finger and gently touched the head of the golden frog in Yang Ni's palm, and said to the frog: "Don't worry, we will release you later. As for your children, let me come quickly."
After saying that, she squatted down and followed the direction the frog had dug out, stretched out her two small hands and dug up the soil with force.
Chapter completed!