Why Frogs Have No Hair
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Uncle Fletcher had a wild imagination---which some thought he acquired after being struck by lightning up on Turkey Mountain when he was just a boy.He told tales about ghosts, flying mules, dinosaurs, big foot monsters and more.
One of his favorite stories was about why frogs have no hair. I can remember Uncle Fletcher sitting out on the porch in a rickety rocking chair, wearing an old ball cap and bib overalls—waving his hands back and forth as he told the tale to a bunch of us kids.
He would always start the story by asking his listeners two questions---Do you know why frogs have no hair? Do you know why dinosaurs went extinct (That means why they all died)? Well, be would say, the answers to both questions are very closely related. Then he would tell the story something like this—
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WHILE ON A CAMPING AND FISHING TRIP TO VIRGINIA'S SHENANDOAH RIVER LEFTY ANSWERS SOME INTERESTING QUESTIONS FOR HIS GRANDCHILDREN--LINDSEY, JACKSON, AND LUKE. WHY DO FROGS HAVE NO HAIR? WHY DO THEY MAKE THOSE "CROAKING" SOUNDS AT NIGHT NEAR THE WATER? WHY DO FROGS LIVE WHERE THEY DO? WHY AREN'T DINOSAURS AROUND ANYMORE? THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS, AND MORE, ARE IN THIS BOOK.
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CARL REYNOLDS WAS "REARED" ON A SMALL FARM IN CALLANDS, VIRGINIA NEAR WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS CALLED "TURKEY" MOUNTAIN. HE GRADUATED FROM VIRGINIA TECH IN 1969; SERVED IN THE MILITARY FROM 1969--1971; AND RETIRED FROM VF CORPORATION (WITH 32 YEARS SERVICE) IN 2003. TODAY HE AND KATHY, HIS WIFE OF 35 YEARS, STILL LIVE ON THAT SAME FARM NEAR "TURKEY" MOUNTAIN. THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME TRAVELING, FISHING, HELPING OTHER FOLKS, AND SPOILING THEIR 3 GRANDCHILDREN (MAYBE 4 BY PUBLISHING TIME).