Unfortunately storytelling is not Toad’s forte. The Story: Frog, not feeling well, requests a story from Toad. Rather than wait another month, Frog decides to trick Toad into thinking it’s time to get up by ripping the pages from Toad’s calendar until he gets to May-thus compelling Toad to get up and celebrate the spring weather with him. Spring : One April day, Frog races to Toad’s house to celebrate the beautiful weather, only to find Toad still hibernating. The sacrifices-both big and small-that they make remind us of the value of knowing someone completely and isn’t that what we need more than anything right now? To see and be seen by our dearest friends? I think so and I truly believe Arnold Lobel did too. Although they have different outlooks on things, Frog and his best friend Toad understand that their love for each other is what matters.
When Toad refuses to get out of bed one spring ( Frog and Toad are Friends ), Frog decides that a little manipulation of time is worth it when it comes to spending the spring and summer with his friend. The lasting impact of the Frog and Toad stories lies in the grace that the two friends give one another. The four of us have vastly different personalities and yet we always find a way to support, challenge, and celebrate each other-I’d like to think in a way similar to Frog and Toad. Our nightly check-in has been a constant comfort amid the increasing chaos of the outside world as well as our own mental health ups and downs. My three best girlfriends of twenty-plus years and I share nightly text messages just ‘checking in’ on each other, a ritual created back at the start of quarantine. Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad celebrate fifty years of friendship this summer and honestly, their loving relationship couldn’t be timelier, as we all search for deepening our friendships and relationships during this time of isolation and social distancing.
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