Was picking up wooden pieces to put them in the bright sun to warm them before using them for firewood..! In this November when rain is expected on and off, it is worth while to warm them in the bright sun whenever available. The activity brought out a little frog hiding in the wood pieces. Normally, they are shooed away. But not now, as the remembrance of Kovilan came to mind. He described the old saying in and around his place that the frogs around the house as the souls of the old forefathers who are coming to see the welfare of the present day followers!
At every pick of the dry woods, the little frog moved a little to go under another piece and when they are picked to yet again to another wood piece. At last, all the pieces were over and the little frog is now without any hiding place. Yet, it slowly moved to a corner side of two walls joining and sat there as if it is a hiding place.
There was a large frog the day before which was jumping around the day before in the evening. They do so to find the places where there are insects and worms which are edible to them. But they are sensible enough to hide during the day away from the houses!
When all the pieces were over the little frog was left to its wise decision. When Kovilan wrote that the frogs, he called them 'Muthappans' in his novel 'Thattakom' , were believed to the the forefathers, coming up again it started me thinking. Even if we did not believe it, one thing for sure, they need for consideration and a loving look from all of us! After a while I looked up the little frog. It was long gone. They find their own safe places, if not picked up by other preying birds!
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