The Elves Part 1
“Squeak!â? The frog peeped as I scooped him up. “Sorry little buddy,â? I whispered, “But you’re going to the lab with me.â? I was searching the Amazon for new species with my lab partner Phil. We work for EFA , Endangered Frogs Association. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw the tiniest flash of gold. As I put the Poison Arrow frog into the specimen container, I saw another flash. “Phil, I think I found something!â? I put the frog away and bent over to take a closer look. It was the tiniest frog I have ever seen. It was gold in color, and the size of my thumbnail. I slid a paper under it and quickly slapped a specimen jar on top of it. As Phil came running over, I turned the jar upside down, “We found one!â? We yelled in unison. The frog stuck to the top for two seconds and fell to the bottom. There it stayed, on its back. Then it burst into flames, leaving a puddle of gold frog goo in the jar. Then five gold pellets emerged from the goo. “Eggs,â? Phil whispered.