The Bald Frog with the Wig

"It's not easy being green" (and bald!)
~ Kermit the Frog







My boys like it when I tell them stories. Yes, I realize they just like to hear the sound of my voice but it does my heart good to watch their attentive little faces looking up at me so adoringly when I talk to them.

I was recently asked a random question by "Google" in which I was supposed to respond and it would be posted on my Google profile. I suppose this exercise is meant to give my readers a little more insight about me. The question was: The children are waiting! Please tell them the story about the bald frog with the wig.

I said to myself: Fun!

So, I wrote my non-musical little ditty in a Dr. Suess-like fashion only to find that I was allowed to post just 400 characters. Hmmm. Not many characters to write a meaningful children's story - don't ya agree?

So, I shaved it down to a few lines to fit my profile and then decided to post it in its entirety here on my blog (as Walter and Henry liked it so well.) Truly, I am not as mad as a Hatter; or, perhaps I am, but have just accepted it. Or maybe I am feeling a little creative on Academy Award Sunday.

Indulge me, please.

I am sure many others with a Google profile have been asked to take on this very same task so there are probably many little stories of The Bald Frog with the Wig floating around out there!

Here is my version:

There once was a frog with no hair on his head;
He was sad and embarrassed to get out of bed.
His friend came one day and asked him to play,
But the frog with no hair just sent him away.

The friend felt so bad that he hopped away sad;
But he had an idea that soon made him glad!
He would purchase a wig!
He would make his friend smile!
He would bring it to him in just a short while!

So, he hopped to the wig store and purchased the hair;
He offered a price that was way more than fair.
Then he carried the wig in his mouth with great care,
And hopped to his friend’s house to end his despair.

The bald frog was pleased and he put on the wig,
And proceeded to do his best froggy jig.
I have hair! said the frog.
I have hair on my head!
And now I can smile and get out of my bed!

So he hopped off the bed and outside on the ground,
And he hopped and he hopped and he hopped all around!
He hopped up so high and up to the sky;
He hopped and he hopped so far and so wide.

But soon he grew tired and needed to rest,
So he lay down and slept and he slept and he slept;
But when he awakened, he had such a fright;
As he glanced in the river he saw a strange sight!
A frog with a wig? That didn’t look right!

And behind him, his frog-friends all giggled with glee;
This wig was so silly he could now clearly see!
The thing is: his frog-friends have no hair at all!
For frogs, he now learned, are supposed to be bald!

THE END