...had a little accident with Frederick...

...and all that was left were his legs.... nah, but, for the Bishop and his wife to have their frog returned, they have been asked to complete a couple of tasks. However, Frederick is becoming troublesome and needs to go home. Ssssooooooo.....we are demanding that the Bishop and his wife each eat one of the frog legs that have been prepared and delivered...take photos of the act and e-mail them to necron3079@excite.com.... eat up!

...went to meet the masterminds of this plot...

...I'd take pictures of course!!! Somehow, I've got to be exonerated of all this and perhaps this will help!

...got a little hungry...

...and looked at...no you sick minded people! We already ate one leg and need to give the owners a chance to cooperate again before we eat another! Geez! No, we got a little hungry and remembered that there were lots of people in our community who are also hungry but can't do anything about it. Sooooo..... we're going to have the Bishop and his wife do our dirty work for us and have them collect food and donate it to our local food bank. Frog legs not allowed, they're perishable!!! Like Frederick!!!! Woohooo hoo hoo hoo!!!!!

....forgot to take Frederick out of my trunk...

when we went to the beach... well, he's not very far from the bottom of the food chain so we had to rescue him from a jellyfish, probably shouldn't have tried to see if he could swim while blindfolded and tied up... then while we were dragging him back to shore, the whales thought he was krill, the starfish thought he was a rock while we were getting some poor sap to perform CPR, and a hermit crab got a little angry that he squished him while hopping back to the car...well, if his owners take care of the demands we send, he'll have his easy, pleasy life back on the front porch.....

....had a frog leg for supper....

...then sent over the remaining foot to remind everyone who holds the keys to Frederick's freedom? It would look something like this. Do frogs regenerate limbs? I sure hope so, that one was tasty! Did you know frogs bleed green!

....just went ahead and told you that ...

....the Bishop and his wife are up to no good; sniffing us out!
I'll tell you what happened ...
While camping we realized Frederick had gotten out and we found him over at their tent trying to get in! We think he slipped them a note without our knowing so now they knew he was there. We got him under control and back in his box before they came back to their tent. A little while later, Bishop and Jolene came walking up the lawn to a group of kids with the photo they had had in their window and their letters. They interrogated the kids until one of the children, under extreme duress, admitted to holding Frederick hostage.

They are not cooperating with our demands. They went to bed before the roasting began so no marshmallow theiving occurred. I did manage to see Bishop snake a couple of uncooked marshmallows from some kids down the way and roast and eat them.

They may not have involved the cops but unfortunately, due to the situation unfolding, we're thinking they are causing too many problems and we will need to send them a little reminder of who's in charge here.

....took Frederick the Frog camping...

...talked to Frederick about his flyer at his house...

...he'd complain that there was no offer of a reward! No brownies, car washes, singing "I Feel Pretty" on the corner of G-Way and Adams at 5:15 p.m., etc...nothing!

Hmmmmmm.....

....got to the Bishop's house and saw a picture in the window...

....oddly enough, looking JUST LIKE THE ONE WE SENT THEM!!! Well, we'd have to rethink our game plan. Yessiree! We got there and there was the printout we had sent in our Hostage Letter. We had originally planned to have our next ransom demand be to make posters and post them around. Granted, that isn't completely fulfilled but close enough. Now we need to come up with a different demand.
If our marks become too troublesome, we'll have to remind them who's in charge here!
Don't worry, we'll be in contact....

...delivered our first demand letter...

....telling our marks what they must do to begin negotiation of the safe return of Frederick. If you cannot read what the letter says I will recite it here. It says

"At campout each of you must take from two people their roasted marshmallows...and eat them. Must be witnessed!"

Our ward campout is this weekend and we assume that there will be marshmallows, as any good campout would have! This should prove interesting and quite entertaining. I can guarantee however, that taking a marshmallow from me won't be a good idea. I bite.

BTW, Frederick says "Ribbit", which, loosely translated, means "Help Me".

...watched the Food Network on Muppets Day???

YUM!!!

...update our goings on already...

...and let you know that we're already having behavior problems with Frederick.  I'm up at 1:40 in the morning because the slimy little reptile is causing quite the commotion.  He's all over the house and making more noise than I can bear.  Shouldn't have to worry now though.  I gagged him and put him in a box.  Tomorrow he'll do 2 hours manual labor to make up for the lost sleep.  Hey, I have a hard time getting back to sleep and I'm not going to suffer alone.  Frederick is getting off easy!  One of the kids was talking about having Frog Legs for dinner tomorrow!  I said to wait and see what the owners do about their demands when they receive them tomorrow night.... doo doo doo...

...was walking down the street and saw this frog...

sitting on our Bishop's porch? Well, I would throw a sack over his head and hold him hostage, of course.  No no, don't fret.  Our frisky, froggy friend is currently doing just fine...for now.  He has had 3 square meals and is in a cool, damp, dark place.  Just the way he likes it.  Hey!  Catching flies and crickets isn't as easy as it looks so give us credit.
 So, Frederick the Frog has been quiet and cooperative as you can see.  Bishop and his wife have been notified of this Reptilian Requisition. They have been warned that communicating with the cops may cause harm to come to Frederick.

 Our demands for negotiation of his release will soon follow.  Frederick's location will be kept on the move to ensure anonymity.  We'll post photos so that you know he is still safe, well.... so long as his owners cooperate with our demands......