{"id":23715,"date":"2024-12-27T01:17:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T00:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=23715"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:17:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T00:17:17","slug":"a-little-boys-strange-re-quest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=23715","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA Little Boy\u2019s Strange Re.quest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A little boy comes running into the room and says,<\/p>\n<p>Grandpa! Grandpa! Can you make a sound like a frog?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Grandpa says, \u201cI don\u2019t know, why?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The little boy says,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause grandma says as soon as you croak, we can go to Disneyland!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A little boy comes running into the room, his face lit up with excitement. He bursts through the door, skidding to a stop in front of his grandpa, and says, \u201cGrandpa! Grandpa! Can you make a sound like a frog?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandpa looks up from his newspaper, puzzled. \u201cI don\u2019t know, why?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The little boy\u2019s eyes widen as if he\u2019s about to share a big secret. \u201cBecause Grandma says as soon as you croak, we can go to Disneyland!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandpa\u2019s eyebrows shoot up in surprise. \u201cWait, what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The little boy, clearly not understanding the confusion, nods eagerly. \u201cYeah! She says once you croak, we\u2019ll be on our way to the happiest place on Earth!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandpa stares at him for a moment, then bursts into laughter. \u201cOh, my! So that\u2019s what she meant by croak?! I thought she was referring to my singing voice!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The little boy looks disappointed for a second, but then his face lights up with a new idea. \u201cWait! Can you at least pretend to croak? Like ribbit?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandpa, shaking his head, chuckles. \u201cSure, I can do that. But just so you know, I think Grandma has her own plans for croaking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The little boy frowns, confused. \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandpa winks. \u201cI\u2019ll give you a hint\u2014there\u2019s a nice big pillow with my name on it, and I\u2019m not planning on using it anytime soon!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The boy giggles, but then pauses, thinking. \u201cSo\u2026 if Grandma doesn\u2019t think you\u2019ll croak, does that mean we don\u2019t get to go to Disneyland?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grandpa laughs again. \u201cWell, let\u2019s just say, we\u2019ll go to Disneyland either way\u2014but I think I\u2019ll stick to ribbits rather than croaking for now!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The little boy grins, and they both start hopping around the room making frog sounds, all while Grandma in the other room mutters, \u201cI\u2019ll believe it when I see it\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little boy comes running into the room and says, Grandpa! Grandpa! Can you make a sound like a frog?\u201d The Grandpa says, \u201cI don\u2019t know, why?\u201d The little boy says, \u201cBecause grandma says as soon as you croak, we can go to Disneyland!\u201d A little boy comes running into the room, his face lit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23716,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23715\/revisions\/23716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}