by Marshall Begel

“Chinese woman swallows eight live frogs to ease back pain“
—The Telegraph

Reporters swarmed around the woman, questioning her why
she swallowed frogs. She didn’t speak, distracted by a fly.
They asked her how she found the perseverance to go through it,
and why she thought eight frogs sufficed, but seven wouldn’t do it.
Without a written statement, they assumed she would ad lib it,
but when the woman cleared her throat, they only heard a “Ribbit.”