Dec 18, 2025
Not Finishing the Book I closed my biology book. I didn’t get to the part about how a frog is different from a toad. I was hoping that I never would. I planned to refrain from touching either of them. I heard toads were poisonous, the secretions on their skin could numb your arm. I did not believe I needed that information to survive. Hopefully, I wouldn’t get into any situation where that knowledge was a life and death matter, like the Swiss Family Robinson marooned on a tropical island. As long as I stayed away from ships and rain forests I was safe. by Hal Sirowitz