Special thanks are given to my childhood next door neighbors, the Johnsons.

To Glen for his micro-zoo he maintained in the back porch of their home and to Gil for guiding me
through "the woods" , showing me Hidden Lake, Indian Lake and where the frogs, turtles and snakes lived and
teaching me how to collect tadpoles so we could watch them turn into frogs, and teaching me how to catch frogs and
toads.

Little did they know at the time, when Gil and I were about 10 years old, that without their
help Frog most likely would not have happened.



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