Friday, July 16, 2021 Fig Newton Part 4: Figgy Makes A List

Fig Newton sat on the Lucky Lucy as it floated, anchored near the shore. Miss Agra and her companion Grimpus Leatherfoot had gone hunting blueberries and Fig was enjoying his solitude. He held a pencil in his webbed hand and alternated between staring out at the sky, closing his eyes in thought, and jotting down some froggie ideas for the list he was making. When he was done, he read it out loud:

Ten Things I Will Need to See and Do Before Returning Home

1. Perform an act of derring do. (Fig was pleased with being able to use that phrase and hoped that when the time came, he’d know it).

2. Save a memento from every stop to remind me of my journey. I won’t turn around until I have 12 of them at least.

3. Take the Lucky Lucy out on the open sea.

4. Battle a sea monster.

5. See the Magical Lily Pad Pond. (Fig hoped this was a real place, and not just a rumor)

6. Go on a quest with someone of like-minded spirit to find and/or accomplish something important.

7. Sneak into and out of a castle (or something like one) without being detected by people. (He knew this was risky – people were so unpredictable when it came to frog-kind.)

8. Hear a concert given by the Matchless Froggy Chorus.

9. Win a leap-frog contest.

10. Find Mrs. Newton.

Fig thought long and hard about this last item, but realized that with all of his desire for adventure and travel, in the end he wanted his own lily pad, a frog lady with whom to share it, and a bunch of tadpoles to whom he could tell his stories and raise up to take his place.

He posted the list on the boat, ate a fly that had landed on his oar, and took a nap.

I went through all sorts of iterations of that illustration, starting with a complicated version with Figgy in his boat which made me realize I needed to simplify it drastically in order to match the drawing with my level of skill. Then I did some sketches.

Drawing a frog holding a pencil and paper was not simple, but it was easier once I left out all the other background stuff.

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Fig Newton Part 1
Fig Newton Part 2
Fig Newton Part 3
Fig Newton Part 5

And now it’s time for me to post this blog, eat a fly and take a nap. Maybe I’ll delete it when I wake up.