A little bit of background before I tell you my story. We've been having a lot of problems with our pool that last year or so. One thing after another keeps breaking on the pump, which prevents us from running the filter. As a result, our pool currently looks like Shrek's swamp. This weekend we are, again, going to buy another part and get it cleaned up for the summer.
Yesterday, my daughter decided she would at least skim the leaves off the top of the pool, and maybe some off the bottom if she could get them. I warned her repeatedly about the large bullfrog that has taken up residence in the deep end. DD brushed me off, telling me she wasn't afraid of frogs, it wasn't a problem, etc.
Well, she decided to clean out the skimmer, scoop out the leaves and stuff that have collected in there. What I didn't tell her, because she had already blown me off so much, was that the bullfrog was most likely in that skimmer. Especially since she hadn't seen him yet with her netting the pool.
DD is happily scooping out leaves and debris when suddenly the water starts churning, and dd screams like a little girl.
"It kicked my hand! It touched me, it kicked my hand!"
This turned into a complete meltdown over the grievous insult of this thing touching her. At this point, she still didn't know the seriousness of the situation. She had no idea how big this thing was!
So after a couple of minutes, dd collects herself, and gets back to scooping. I am quite proud of her for this. A lot of people would have given up at the first touch. She starts scooping, and the water is churning again.
Out of the skimmer climbs this ENORMOUS bullfrog! He gets his bulk out of the skimmer, hops across the bit of pool deck, and plops back in the water. DD and I were just too shocked to even try and catch him.
I keep thinking about how much worse the situation would have been if it had been Dh cleaning the skimmer. My daughter had a scoop, but Dh just puts his hand straight into the hole to grab the basket. If that frog had touched him, he'd have thought it was a snake, and had a heart attack. He'd also NEVER do that again. LOL
Happy Memorial Day!
Chela
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