SPECIMEN 137
Little frog girl with little green toes and little red eyes
CLUTCH A: SPECIMEN FOUND IN UPPER TREE LIMBS
Frog girl slipping sliding leaping free-falling
caught
saved?
CLUTCH A: AGALYCHNIS CALLIDRYAS SPECIMEN 137
Little frog and little frog neighbor and a wall of cold invisible
Soft smiles awkward touches and a blue-eyed man
And a little green frog with intelligent red eyes peeping through the wall of cold invisible
CLUTCH A: AGALYCHNIS CALLIDRYAS SPECIMEN 137 – 58.42mm – FEMALE
Little green frog girl dressed in a white lab coat
DR. HESS
A shy smile for the blue-eyed man
Squirming between hot fat fingers
Quick shock of cold
Numbers on a screen
Back into the invisible box
CLUTCH A: AGALYCHNIS CALLIDRYAS SPECIMEN 137 – 58.42mm – FEMALE – 8.3g
Frog girl hop skipping down the halls
Fleeing gleefully from the cold stark box
And endless gloved hands
Seeing the blue-eyed man
Stops
Grins
Waves
Scooped up and back in the box
CLUTCH A: AGALYCHNIS CALLIDRYAS SPECIMEN 137 – 58.42mm – FEMALE – 8.3g – EXPOSED
Frog girl giddy woozy sluggish happy
The blue-eyed man bent over his work sends chills down her froggy spine
And to the tips of her hair
Her little green fingers tingle with excitement
She slips and down she falls
Falling
Falling
plop
Heart thumping jumping pumping
Blood
Hot flushing cheek pink blood
Hurriedly stuffed in the box
CLUTCH A: AGALYCHNIS CALLIDRYAS SPECIMEN 137 – 58.42mm – FEMALE – 8.3g – EXPOSED – RESISTANT
More prodding and poking
Frog girl
Sick with want
Wanting to escape and run away with the blue-eyed man hunched over his important work
Wanting to leave the invisible box
Bright red eyes watch her
Pleading
Little green toes pressed against the invisible
RESISTANT
Frog girl
Locked in the dark
Swaying jolting
Bright light and bug noises
Fresh air
Home
The blue-eyed man's warm fingers are gentle as he places her on the rough barked tree
Frog girl leaps away
Happy
Free
Holding the blue-eyed man's soft hand
CLUTCH A: AGALYCHNIS CALLIDRYAS SPECIMEN 137 – 58.42mm – FEMALE – 8.3g – EXPOSED – RESISTANT – RELEASED
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The Unknown Tales: A Collection of Short Stories, One Shots, and More
Short StoryGoblins, gnomes with a vengence, giant snake ladies, killer horses, elves with dark secrets, bullet-proof knights, and Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies lurk between and among the stories. Brave are the adventurers who conquer these pages, for what lurk...
