"Goodness, me," she said to her friend, Patricia, "we're so lucky to be in here where it is comfy and warm and we can spend the next hour gossiping about all that happened with our friends. All we need to do is have a little more tea and a few more pieces of that delightful cheesecake and the storm will pass without us."
And so they ordered more tea, more cheescake, because what is the fuss about waist and waste when you are a bear and need to add fat for the coming winter?
So it rained and thundered outside and the ladies had a delicious time eating wonderful cheesecake until the door flew open with new arrivals and...
and a very wet frog hopped in.
(by kind courtesy of Miroslav Sekera)
"Too wet for me, " she announced loudly, "even with my rubber skin, I still get damp and chilled. I'm not ready for the winter yet."
Droplets of water ran off her back and collected in rivulets upon the floor.
The waiter looked over his counter and squawked-- "There's a frog in here, we can't have that."
And Vladka, for that was her name, had nowhere to hide. The tables were crowded with so many people all sitting inside an bemoaning the monsoon pounding the windows.
And with a squeal, they moved aside, for who wants a frog in a fashionable cafe where people are indulging in pastries and dainties that add ever so much expanse to one's girth?
And with a squeal, the waitress grabbed a broom and threatened to upset every bowl of soup in the room.
With nowhere to go but out the front door, poor Vladka's eyes darted to the safest available place.
And with one quick hop, she jumped three feet or rather two meters into the half-empty wine glass on Mrs. Teddy's table.
And this is why the two ladies are looking very astounded, if not aghast at the little frog settled at the bottom of Mrs. Teddy's wine-glass.
And because Mrs. Teddy lived in fear of her own fur, she knew that frogs were good people and needed assistance in times of danger and gladly allowd the frog to remain protected in her wine glass until it was time for her to leave and then graciously offered Vladka a ride in her pocket so she wouldn't be forced to swim through the streets.
And now, every week, they meet in the same corner of the cafe for a little treat of cheesecake and Viennese coffee
and the waitress no longer gets upset.
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Comments: 42
and is normal on Gather to be harassed for speaking out about plagiarism and the bs that goes on. Ask Sandy. She knows.
I liked this story and gave it a ten. However.............Mrs Teddy lied!!!! The wine glasses seem to be charged but there appears to be not a drop of tea - for want of an empire.
Your letters, somewhat like your articles are usually well written - you know they are - however it might not be what you say---- but more so how you relay it, you of all people should know better.
I dont think youre a bitch ----just a grumpy old bear who probaly has had too much wine and no tea. Stay off the w[h]ine and you'll be fine!!
with love from your plagiaristic SOB Bastard snob elitist - who for some reason finds your pieces wonderful, your photography superb and your personal emails obnoxious.......bite me!
as for Mrs Teddy's tea-- the cups are not mine and incredibly expensive because that is real gold inside-- I couldn't afford a cup like that ever--
so excuse me-- you can read all you want and look all you want at the pictures, but I doubt if there will be any more because not one alert for this article went out to my knowledge. it just got blocked and it wasn't even Audrey's boobs--just Teddy bears and Vladka the Frog.
I have two more Frogstories to write because of a past commitment, but that's it. There's no use in posting anything on a site where articles are blocked and satirists get kicked off for good writing.
the frog aint mine-- and she hides mostly up in that pond in Benatky with her friend, Froggi. He aint mine either-- tis a pity because he has such pretty legs and frog-legs for berakfast seemed such a promising treat. Oh well, you know how it goes, frogs hop off to explore erotic exhibitions... I suppose that answers any biological inquires regarding tails. I posed the question diplomatically as you can well guess.
Mary, I am not attacking you so please don't take it that way. I've defended you when others were being nasty to you. I respect your talent. I don't mean to offend...but you are kind of attacking someone I care about a great deal, and I can't allow that.
and fortunately for me, the frog was driving in one lane highway traffic with no hockey-stick when I enquired about the tail...
so I sent him a congratualtory sms on the new Prince Albert--but actually don't want to see it--the thought makes me sick. And just think what a hockey stick could do in the right place. Whack--- oh sh--------------
and you know s well as I do that Frogs, particularly Bohemian Frogs, like bottom-brewed 13+ beer. We don't go into any of that American horsepiss called Budwei---- forget that. better stuff here than that.
so hop along, but sorry, think the exhibition is over. Maybe next week there's another show. Wasn't invited along--such a disappointment too.
and as for Gather Inc being hopelessly botched we all knew that the moment we saw the infamous pumpkin puke orange--nothing has changed has it? but that still doesn't explain the hassles with Audrey's Boobs or the deletiion of Delvin, does it?
really that I couldn't believe, even good orthodox Jews have been known to excommunicate G-d. seriously--
and besides, who can define God? sometimes I really wonder about Christianity-- especially since it is not all one and seems to be quite happy and content to split into armies to slaughter each one another and send bystanders up chimneys and bury them in mass graves-- every time I stop by the Music Academy, I am greeted with the 26 blue heads that got axed there-- (sorry froggi--no pun intended on your name this time)
have to go back to work-- thanks for the tea and diversion.
I'm working on pictures or I wouldn't be here at all-- did 15today and tomorrow's have to be prepared. averaging 14-22submissions a day. so not around much.
Jagr scored 104th goal on 1st Nov and is 4th behind Gordie Howe for all time goals at 121 followed by Phil Esposito and Brett Hull ( Bobby's son, I think) and I guess that means that Jagr could break Howe's record this year if he has no injury-- that's pretty amazing considering that Howe played for some 30years.