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Here’s one of the 30+ flash stories intended to cheer the young, the old, and everyone in between.
Toasts
His many critter friends lift a paw, flap a wing, toot a tune, and share a toast.
Today is Froggy’s birthday. Now a not-so-tender age, Froggy is what you might call seasoned. But never mind. It’s good to age and to do so gracefully. His many critter friends lift a paw, flap a wing, toot a tune, and share a toast.
With her sweet aroma permeating the air, Orchid speaks, “May the fresh, evergreen earth, caressed by the sky blues above, make your every breath heaven sent.”
“Ditto,” adds Minnie O.
In perpetual motion, Franny Fish blows some bubbles in Froggy’s direction. “May you sparkle with every hop, skip, and jump you take. May you and may we take pleasure in the ebullience you exude.”
Belle Birdie and Bobalong Bird dance and chirp, “May every do-re-mi you hear and every fa-so-la you sing create harmony that suits you to a ti.”
Woodsy taps his message, “My dear, chipper friend, may you love a bushel and a peck, peck, peck.”
Bumbler B and Sweetie B send a zinger to Froggy, “May you be zapped with honey and health, with sweetness and life.”
Flutter By, who once upon a time could only crawl, flies by and throws Froggy a kiss, “May you be uplifted.”
Fuzzy Chick Chick sheds her fluffy, downy feathers. “My dear Froggy, may your every landing be safe and sound and soft.”
“May this earth nourish you,” Wiggly Worm adds.
“May you reach the top of every hill you climb,” Anty Annie toasts. “Always remember that friends like me are just a step away.”
“You have sown well, my dear friend. May you reap rich rewards,” adds Rosie Flower.
Froggy responds, “I’ll drink to that and that and that.”
Froggy is saturated in the roasty, toasty warmth of so many well-wishes from so many well-wishers.
To read more, download the eBook version of Living Well in Froggy’s World of Plenty: Sweet Talk to Read Aloud at no charge on January 1, 2, and 3, 2021. Click here.
Judith Shenouda 