Then one day Hans stops feeding the toad. He stops feeding his toad, because he\u2019s dead.<\/p>\n
Its eyes grow sleepy as it glowers at her.<\/p>\n
It is losing interest.<\/p>\n
One day Amelia daringly tries a bit of glitter on her fingernails and she looks up at the toad and the toad, it doesn\u2019t even seem to care.<\/p>\n
\u201cSee?\u201d she says. She brandishes them at the toad. She can\u2019t help it. It\u2019s been serving as her superego all her life and her brain really can\u2019t help<\/i> running potential issues past the toad. \u201cSee? Glitter!\u201d<\/p>\n
The toad weightily turns away.<\/p>\n
It drags itself out of her field of view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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