021 // The Great Amphibious War

To this day, nobody really remembers what set off the great battle between the frogs and toads, two amphibious species essentially recognised as the same creature by the untrained eye. Perhaps it was a casual throwaway remark about the toads’ darker, muddier skin from an elitist frog that led to a venomous retaliation. Perhaps it was discontent about how many underprivileged toads were forced to grow up in the unpleasant mud, away from pristine pond conditions. Perhaps it was a territorial dispute over the lush lily pads that had been monopolised, for as far as anyone could remember, by the royal frog family. All we know is that for generations, these two close species lived side by side...View all