Show W TH EIMM BY some men who go fishing miss halt the fun they don dont t catch their own f frogs bogs fishing with frogs pur chased of a boy Is like spending the money a rich uncle has left you you don t appreciate your good fortune E ever v er catch frogs missed hall hal your life next time you go on a vacation take a solemn and bind ing obligation to be your own I 1 frog rog catcher the tat fat ter you are the i more sport the thee e I 1 Is in it add to your luggage one landing net and when you arrive at the summer resort secure the services of a cross eyed left handed neighbors boy to go with yoi yol into the dark grass you go whack ing the tufts with your landing net suddenly with a bark like a bull pup tugging at a root a big mottled awag of a frog leaps from beneath your feet and startles your equilibrium before you have recovered he to 19 seven leaps to the good in a crotchety line that suggests too much dewdrops dew drops with a stick in them bookee bookee screams the boy there he goes ther he goes and you go too like a black has snapping at a fly but you merely sue aeed in stepping on the tall of a grass snake and getting another nerve wrecker bye and bye you startle a second dappled frog from the succulent grass heaps and fall all over yourself trying to grab the batrachians hind leg aa as he flies like a tangent through the ozone when you come to you recall the landing net to be sure that net was brought onto the field of battle for a purpose you proceed to utilize the frog catcher by stalking glory you have mr frog right under that net in his excitement the boy trips on the pail he Is carrying and almost kills the frog by a too fervent pressure of the pantaloon seat accidentally ad ministered Xer chug gasps the frog and who can blame hima score one tor for the boy with the frog in the pall next time you get a marsh athlete under the net however you refuse to let the boy fall into the net and squash him instead you get carefully and tenderly down on your knees and peep under the edge of the net just in time to catch that composite colored jumper in your eye as he leaps for lib erty and the pursuit of happiness then you fall into a bog and while the boy Is rescuing you the lid of the pail comes loose and the pressed frog springs to life and takes to the tall cat tails when you feel how wet your knees are you get mad and change places with the boy then business picks up and all you have to do Is to shoo shoot the measly slippery t things h I 1 n 9 s into the bottom of the pall while the boy shovels em in at the top once 4 you get a fighting bull frog by the toes of his right hind leg and he al most dislocates your vertebrae so pronounced is his kicking then you go home when you get dried out it Is bed time care fully put your frogs under the bed and retire first impressing upon your wife the feces sity of rising early mother dear neat morning you want to try a sun rise cast did you ever hear a bull frog growl great ker ker ker kerl he begins jug g g g a rum he continues jug gr gr gr juar arum tearing off the gut tural obligate until the slats shake ever try to sleep while a of frogs are playing the irish washer woman on the top of a bait can lid lida great only that doesn t express it but strange to say your wife does not appreciate it and just as you are dreaming of a big strike and have out about feet of line on a whale she puts her cold feet in your back and makes you get up and take those frogs bogs from under the bed thump rub a dub I 1 crack bang go the speckled beauties against the calltop pall top you arise again and put them just outside the door and every hour after that your dreams are rudely thrust aside in response to a strena ous dus to take those frogs out of hearin Ig distance the last time you carry them two miles into the country and drop them into an old well and then you wake up and go 90 fishing did you ever put a frog on a fish hook notice how he looked at you and 7 9 and still taen inen wonder at crime but there is lots more fun fishing with your own frogs you appreciate the bites better you know avy |