Lilly pads

Lily pads are so beautiful, they grow so pretty in ponds and lakes, growing up from the bottom of the waterway. They bloom a beautiful flower of pink, purple, blue, or white with a blush of pink or yellow. Just so beautiful in the spring.  Frogs use them to sit upon as they fill the night air with song in the summer. Sitting on the water as Lilly pads do, they offer frogs a quick escape if something comes along that is scary. One quick hop, and under the water the frog hides, safe and sound.  Small fish can hide under the pads, to avoid big water birds or other things that might want to eat them. The Lilly pads also provide shade, to keep the fish cool during the hot summer days.  If you find yourself on the banks of a river, and you are admiring Lilly pads out in the water, keep one thing in mind....  If you are watching a Lilly pad, and it suddenly dunks under water, it isn't a Lilly pad at all. Lilly pads don't dunk under the water, they ride on top of the waves. So...if your Lilly pad dunks... IT'S AN ALLIGATOR!! and you had better run!