Don says that it is almost impossible to describe. To me it sounds like a cow is caught
in something and is mooing, but is getting tired. The sound is loud and can be heard
through the apartment's thick, cement walls even with the AC and TV on. It is not the
chirping cicada noise that we heard last fall. This sound comes with spring and summer nights.
Discussing this with Susan Hertz, another BYU teacher, we wondered if we were hearing
someone from another apartment snore. It has been a mystery. Finally, last week I was
walking home and it was dark. A female student was standing on the sidewalk, under a tree,
listening to the racket. I stopped and she was able to speak English very well.
ME: What is that noise?
STUDENT: Frogs.
ME: Are you sure?
STUDENT: Yes, frogs.
ME: How big are they?
STUDENT; About this big. (the showed me a size like the flat of her palm)
So, the mystery is solved.
It is almost unbelievable that little frogs could have this volume of noise.
To tell the truth, we will miss it.
No comments:
Post a Comment