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Show Latest Toad Story Mrs. Sarah Chaloupkas, of Wyoming, Iowa, Is telling a toad story. Her toad, a tree toad, she says, croaks though it has been imbedded in the concrete basement wall of her home 11 years. The toad was not heard until a year after the house was built, and is silent in the winter, but through the spring, summer and fall it is noisy. Three years ago, according to Mrs. Chaloupkas, tire toad was silent and she thought it was dead, but a few-days few-days later she heard it again and to- jlay It is croaking as merrily as ever. |