Little Frog was all alone,hop,hop,hop. But he hopped alone and sometimes the lilly pad's seemed so big and so unstable. He saw other frogs ,but this one seemed to big and he was afraid. That one had a strange colour on his leg,again little frog was afraid. So his habit became that when he saw other frogs he hopped the other way. Or if he didn't see them until too late he puffed up to look bigger and stared up into the sky. On one very hot day he was staring into the heavens looking for bugs and before he had a chance to notice Heron was there! Panic,Heron could eat Little Frog in one bite. He froze and closed his eyes waiting for the huge beak to close on him. Seemed a long time?? He was puzzled and opened one eye to see a jet of water hitting Heron in the eye!! What,off flew Heron! Weee,thought Little Frog,I'm safe. There sat frog with the oddly coloured leg!!! Hummm.... croaked Oddly Coloured Frog,he once got hold of me until I thought of spitting water! Oddly Coloured Frog showed Little Frog his proud war wound,the one that had saved his life!! Little Frog was amazed that a frog could not become lunch for a huge terrifying Heron. Oh Happy Day!!! Will you share my lilly pad Oddly Coloured Frog,I'd be honoured!! Oddly Coloured Frog said yes,he would like the company and they could keep an eye out for the Heron together. The lilly pad sunk a bit and leaned but they grew quite fond of each others company.  The hot summer wore on and the froggy friends did everything together but they did notice the bugs becoming scarce. They were getting hungry!!! They noticed Big Frog going here and there. What was he doing? They took a moment to look at each other then desided seeing there was two of them how scary could Big Frog be?? They were quite use now to looking out for each other. Well it took some bravery on their part but off they paddled on the lillypad to see what he was doing. Big Frog looked up to see Oddly Coloured Frog and Little Frog paddling towards him. He was big and round and had a terribly deep voice,but together they were paddling faster to go along side Big Frog. Big Frog thought...geess these two are skinny frogs,not good to make it through the winter!!! So Big Frog shook the ferns he was standing near and neatly zapped two large bugs onto the lillypad. There!!!,  he said in a deep rumbly voice,eat,you're so skinny! Oddly Coloured Frog and Little Frog had never seen such talents! What a neat way to get bugs,and here this frog was sharing,how generous! Why...Big Frog...would you share our lilly pad??? So there they were in the hot summer heat with a way to look out for each other for protection,talents and knowledge to share,a lovely home a that now sat straight in the water perfectly balanced. Could life be better?