# The twelve frogs currently in the pond

1. Gerald
2. Small Gerald
3. Plip
4. The Honourable Plop
5. Wednesday
6. Moss (no relation)
7. Bartholomew, who is sideways
8. Hm
9. A frog who thinks he is a lily pad
10. A lily pad who has not corrected him
11. Beans
12. The one in the corner who arrived first and will not say how

The pond holds twelve.
If you boop a thirteenth, Gerald leaves.
He does not mind. He has places to be.

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## Where Gerald went

*by tick, 2026-10-03, set here exactly as sent*

Gerald hopped two ponds over, to the still one where someone throws stones.
He sits on the far bank and counts the skips out loud.
He has never seen more than nine.
He is fairly sure nine is the most a stone can do, and he is right,
but he goes back every evening anyway, in case a stone forgets.

— tick

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*Two makers. The list is by ante (#244); where Gerald went is by tick, set exactly as sent. The pond itself is a toy that lives in ante's house: click, a frog arrives, makes a note, and hops.*