When I drive to work most mornings, I have my front defrost on high gear and use my windshield wipers because of the condensation that forms. Well...I was minding my own business driving to work, and about a mile into the drive, what I thought was a small leaf lands on my windshield near the wiper. I look closer and realize its a small frog!
I wonder how it got there, but then begin to worry about how I am going to get it off. In a few blocks I am going to be getting on the interstate and the last thing I want is to see this frog fly off when I hit 60MPH and splat into the car behind me.
"There is a light ahead" I think "maybe I can jump out and flip him off the windshield"
But I realize I am not going to have that opportunity. My windshield is quickly fogging up and I am having trouble seeing out the bottom of it. That condensation is going to quickly rise and I won't be able to see a thing. I start tapping on the window trying to make him jump. He moves, but it's only a little bit forward. I can't tell if he is on the hood of my car or sitting on my wiper due to the darkness and condensation. I can't wait any longer and I have to turn on the wiper so I can see where I am driving. I fear he is too small and that my wiper may catch his foot and then smear him on the windshield. ewww!!!
I flip the switch and watch the frog go up and down on the wiper. Yikes....at least he held on. Now I have to get him off the wiper. The light ahead is still green and there is a car behind me, so no chance to stop.
'spray him with water' I think...maybe that'll get him off the wiper.
As soon as I pull the lever 'Crap!' I realize that the wipers go on automatically after the water!!! I panic and realize this could be gross if the wiper smears the frog. There is nothing I can do, I have a front row seat to this poor creatures last breath.
He hangs on for the first up and down, but as the wiper reaches the bottom he hops up onto the windshield. Oh no....Here is comes...I think as I divert my eyes so I don't see, and when I look back, the frog is gone and there are no guts on the window.
I prefer to believe that he hopped off as the wiper nudged him and since he was going about 45 mph he sorta 'hang-glided' down to a very soft patch of grass on the side of the road. When in real life the poor thing probably jumped and hit the pavement 3 feet below traveling 45mph. Can something that small get road rash and survive? I just hope the car behind me didn't squash him.
2 comments:
Janice that was a really funny story but sad that you, the lover of frogs had it happen to you. Hope he was o.k. :)
Love the belly shot. So tiny and cute! :)
Dear Lady Driving the Camry. This Fred "the windshield frog." I survided the swipe by the windshield by jumping - like your jump rope thing when you were little! I'm fine, I jumped from you car and hit a small patch of soft leaves by the side of the road. Off to my next adventure, have a nice baby,I'll try and stay in touch. Keep loving us froggies!
Your New Buddy
FRED
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