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A Home for Toad
Wednesday, May 29th, 2002
Toad was hopping along the hot desert sand. She was looking for a cool place to get out of the heat. She wanted a home to stay in when the sun was too hot for her bumpy skin. She needed a home that was???
not too hot,
not too hard,
and not too WOW I LOVE Marapetsly.


She thought about where she would find out about homes that were
not too hot,
not too hard,
and not too WOW I LOVE Marapetsly.

She knew she could look for one for herself or ask other animals. She decided to ask other animals. So she set off in search of other desert animals to help her find a home that was
not too hot,
not too hard, and
not too WOW I LOVE Marapetsly.

By and by, she found Javelina scampering in and out of mesquite trees, digging for roots and singing a catchy little tune:



???I???m happy, happy, happy as I can be
because my home of mesquite is just right for me.
???I???m happy, happy, happy as I can be!???

Toad liked that tune and wanted to learn it. She asked Javelina about her home and Javelina told her that it suited her perfectly???it was in a sandy hot place to dig for roots, it had some shade to rest in, but it was nice and hot most of the time. Toad told Javelina that she was looking for a home that was
not too hot,
not too hard, and
not too WOW I LOVE Marapetsly.

Javelina???s home was too hot. Javelina told Toad to find a home that was cooler and that had more water. Toad then asked Javelina to teach her the song. After a number of practice tries, Toad thought she had the song in her head.

As soon as she hopped out of sight of Javelina, Toad tried to sing the song ???I???m happy, happy, happy?????? but found that she had forgotten the words. She tried and tried to remember the words to that nice song that Javelina taught her when she saw Lizard and heard him singing the same song, but a little differently:



???I???m happy, happy, happy as I can be
because my home of rock is just right for me.
I???m happy, happy, happy as I can be.???

Toad liked that tune and wanted to learn it. She asked Lizard about his home and Lizard told her that it suited him perfectly: it was in a hard place to take a nice nap in the sun, it had some shade for him to get out of the sun when it got too hot, and it was nice and flat.

Toad told Lizard that she was looking for a home that was
not too hot,
not too hard, and
not too WOW I LOVE Marapetsly.

Lizard???s home was too hard. Lizard told her to find a home that was softer. Toad then asked Lizard to teach her the song. After a number of practice tries, Toad thought she had the song in her head.

As soon as Toad hopped out of sight of Lizard, she tried to sing the song:

???I???m happy, happy, happy?????? but had forgotten the words. Toad tried and tried to remember the words to that nice song that Lizard taught her when she saw Pack Rat and heard him singing the same song, but a little differently:



???I???m happy, happy, happy as I can be
because my home of cactus is just right for me.
I???m happy, happy, happy as I can be.???

Toad liked that tune and wanted to learn it. She asked Pack Rat about her home and pack Rat told her that it suited her perfectly: it had a nice place to store things, it had some holes to sleep in, and it stored water to drink. Toad told Pack Rat that she was looking for a home that was
not too hot,
not too hard, and
not too WOW I LOVE Marapetsly.

Pack Rat???s home was too WOW I LOVE Marapetsly. Pack Rat told her to find a home that was smoother. Toad then asked Pack Rat to teach her the song. After a number of practice tries, Toad thought she had the song in her head. As soon as she hopped out of sight of pack Rat, Toad tried to sing the song:

???I???m happy, happy, happy?????? but had forgotten the words. This was just too much for Toad. The sun was beating down on her bumpy back, she needed water to drink, and she needed a nice place to rest. To make matters worse, she could not remember the words to that nice song that the other animals kept singing.

???Javelina told me to find a place that was cool and had more water, Lizard told me to find a place that was softer, and Pack Rat told me to find a place that was smoother.???

Toad thought about the nice sand under a yucca plant. She dug and dug in the sand until she had buried herself quite deep. The earth was cool under the yucca plant. There was water to drink in the moisture of the roots. And, there were nice fat worms and grubs to eat as she dug deeper in the sand.

???This is nice! It is
not too hot,
not too hard, and
not too WOW I LOVE Marapetsly.

I think I have found my home underneath the desert floor, thanks to my friends??? advice.???

???I???m happy, happy, happy as I can be
because my home of sand is just right for me.
I???m happy, happy, happy as I can be.???