Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for March 12, 2021

Secrets; like the commercial states, strong enough for a man, made for a woman. Walk tall, softly, yet swiftly, and carry a big stick.

There must be some in the naked trees.

…‘why tell them all the old things that are covered in snow?…

…whisper in grass…

…don’t tell the trees…

…because the trees don’t need to know’…

…if the woulds could talk…

…they wood…

…I don’t want to know your secrets…

…that is why I don’t listen…

…so don’t whisper, ‘I love you, George Bailey,’…

..into my dumb ear…

…rather, hold up the portable stereo and jam to some silly 80’s song for the whole world to hear…

…[but make it quick…

..I will call the cops]…

If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one around to hear it, it is a secret.

As You Like It

ACT II, SCENE I. The Forest of Arden

…..

And this our life exempt from public haunt

Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,

Sermons in stones and good in every thing.

I would not change it.

Oy! Every little breeze seems to whisper Louise!

Brought here to tell you this.

Now go back and hold on to this magic.

cf., The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate

Turned out to be an infomercial.

… and build a fane

In some untrodden region of my mind

Where branched thoughts new grown with pleasant pain,

Instead of pines shall murmur in the wind:

And pay very very close attention or else you’ll miss the best jokes.

What a great sediment.(sic)

WARNING: Maurice Chevalier ear worm:

http://youtu.be/Ew2hbhAeNnc …!

The secret is that the trees are planted in straight rows so they can be harvested.

Cut down in the prime of life to make toilet paper.

Sherpa is off line, do you think it will ever be back on again?

If you can hear them they’re not very secret

Listen for the chain saws to start that will destroy the entire forest. I wonder if the owners of this site used those chain saws on Sherpa and destroyed the entire site and the thousands of comics.

The Whispering Woods are not giving up their secrets so easily! Who knows where all the corpses lie (or hang, etc.)?

Mr. Gorey! Add the figures!