{"id":51594,"title":"Luap, A Tribute","description":"A tale from my childhood of saving a little frog.","content":"

\"s9patscxok2w4hvqtyozhkyavucgjy43kq3e2glzmzire7dn.jpg.jpg?w=1140&v=2\"When I was a child, there were two boys that lived next door. One was about my age, the other a couple of years older. One late summer\u2019s afternoon, I remember there was a kerfuffle in the garden. I went outside to explore.<\/p>

They\u2019d gathered frogs from a pond nearby. I was horrified to see that they were piercing their little bodies over the fence posts. I was too afraid to say anything. When I noticed a little frog escaping from under the fence, I gathered him up.<\/p>

I found a tank to put him in. I lined it with earth and grass, put some water in it. I would go to the garden to gather worms to feed him. I called him Luap It was my name backwards. I realised that would be pronounced \u201cLoo-Ap\", but Luap, (pronounced 'Lorp') sounded better. I was thinking about him today.<\/p>

This is my tribute to Luap.<\/p>

\"mezlekcjbnil6wfgdve1m6pw1ltggw6thwsme398ljpbduna.jpg.jpg?w=1140&v=2\"I have no idea what I\u2019m doing with this broom and why someone thought it would be worthy of a picture. Though this is the sad scene of the crime.<\/em><\/p>

\"ns1kkgmhkbazmnoc9ap0eoyygbhzsqylfi2gycqlqkuvpijf.jpg.jpg?w=1140&project=birds-can-fly-107914&v=2\"\"otzt1himeycrz0vjaxvbcprdxdegzsgyfizpkviotkx4fixh.jpeg.jpeg?w=1140&project=birds-can-fly-107914&v=2\"A T-shirt <\/u><\/a>tribute to little Luap, it would be such a treat for little me to know that a distant childhood memory could echo through time via the wearer telling the story of a little boy saving a frog from torture.<\/p>