Frog and Toad Climb Mt Everest

By

Danny

For

Mum

Chapter One

Frog was nervous. ‘Toad. Are you ok?’

‘I don’t really know what the problem is,’ said Toad, holding his belly. ‘But I feel sick.’

‘You ate too much porridge this morning. You must be sick.’

‘Ooooh. Mummies porridge,’ said Toad, drooling.

‘Yes. Mummies porridge. Now go to bed. And drink some water.’

‘I don’t want to,’ complained Toad.

‘You’ll have a bellyache all day and you will get sick otherwise,’ reprimanded Frog.

‘Ahhlllrigght,’ responded Toad reluctantly.

Later on, sitting up in bed, feeling a bit better, Toad was looking at a picture map of the places of the world. One of them had the Great Wall of China, which Toad could imagine walking over. Another had the pyramids. Toad thought of climbing to the top and yelling to the world ‘Toad has conquered the pyramids.’ But then he turned the page, and there it was – the biggest mountain of the universe – Mt Everest.’

‘Golly gosh,’ said Toad. ‘Imagine climbing that.’

That night Toad dreamed, and he was all alone on a mountain. It was cold and it was snowing. He looked down at his feet and they seemed even more green than usual. And his belly rumbled and he was hungry. ‘Oh, no,’ said Toad to himself. ‘I am going to starve to death on this mountain with nobody to help me. Oh, woe is me. Woe is me. What am I ever going to do.’

Toad wailed and wailed, and he cried until he could cry no longer. And then he sat there, staring at the snow, wishing he would be rescued, ready to give up. And then a large dog, a St Bernards rushed in, and Frog appeared, and Toad yelled, with the last of his hoarse voice, ‘Hooray. Frog has rescued me.’ And then the dream ended, and Toad dreamed no more that night.

In the morning, Frog was cooking bacon and eggs, and Toad was at the table reading the newspaper. He put the paper down, turned to Frog and said ‘I had a dream last night.’

Frog looked at him. ‘What was it about?’ he asked Toad.

‘I was on a mountain. I was cold and starving, ready to die, but you rescued me.’

‘That’s what friends are for,’ responded Frog. ‘And I will always be your best friend Toad.’

Toad nodded, and picked up the picture book. ‘Why don’t we do it, then?’

‘Do what?’ asked Frog curiously.

‘Climb a mountain.’

‘Oh. That could be dangerous,’ said Frog.

‘But we are brave.’

‘Yes,’ responded Frog. ‘Which Mountain?’

Toad opened up the book, and showed him the picture of Mt Everest.

‘The biggest mountain in the world!’ exclaimed Frog.

‘Yes,’ responded Toad confidently.

‘Golly gosh,’ said Frog, and said no more that day.

Chapter Two

Work in progress – 7 chapters upon completion