Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

Odd sound half like frog & half like cricket. I approach it stealthily but to no avail. I tear up rotten log to see if it is mole cricket. Find nothing.(HT)Tearing a log to pieces. This one flaky & falls apart easily. Breaking into toads chamber. He goes down in deeper crack and I cover him. Female spider with ball of eggs (?) I take it from her & open it. It proves to be full of young spiders. They are slug­gish in movement & are quite helpless. I feel ashamed + cover them with bark so at least they might survive the first rain.Ripping another log dis­-