Garden Toad
Personal memory by Diane Lade
I saw them in my grandmother's garden, the kind of yard that had a back alley connecting everyone's yards, an upside-down garbage can lid served as a birdbath, and they kept a house for purple martins. They grew all kinds of fruit and vegetables. Neither my kids nor grandchild ever did see a garden toad.
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