The object was a tiny frog, so thoroughly dried that its remains had become almost unrecognizable. When I carefully picked it up, its brittle body seemed ready to crumble between my fingers. What I had mistaken for something sinister was simply a small animal that had died and become mummified. My cat was nearby, but nothing established how the frog had reached the bathroom or what had happened to it.<\/p>\n
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Relief came first, followed by an unexpected sadness. The strange shape no longer suggested danger; it was all that remained of a creature whose presence I had never noticed while it was alive. After cleaning up and washing my hands, I looked around the bathroom. Everything appeared ordinary again. Still, the discovery lingered\u2014not because the mystery was entirely solved, but because something so fragile had briefly made a familiar room feel different, even after every visible trace was gone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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