“Frog in the hole”

The pond had been drained. The leaves of water chestnut that floating on the water had been washed up all over the place. There was a hole in the dry ground. A brown frog was peeping out from inside. It stared at me and didn’t seem to come out.  [AUGUST 2021]

Fejervarya kawamurai

水が抜かれ、地面がむき出しになったため池。乾いた土面に穴が開いていました。ヌマガエルが中に潜んで、こちらを伺っていました。