I was wandering to the bus stop this afternoon when I noticed a toad, face up, lying in the dirt (this is somewhat irregular as toads are normally paper thin and plastered to the road where I come from).
This unfortunate creature had had it's bones picked clean, and while I stood there contemplating how there was a recognisable toad so far from the road a young man of 26 or so who was walking past stopped next to me and stared for a second.
I felt his gaze drift from my face to the ground and back to my face, so I met his eyes. He seemed bewildered, which was almost endearing until he finally spoke. "Yeah," he said "it's called dirt."
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