Lj The Frog Analysis

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This is the story of LJ the frog, who wasn't an ordinary frog by trade. LJ was born very talented. He had music in his blood. He never grooved too much to the music of his day. He got into jazz.
As a young frog, he used to leap down to the Los Angles nightclubs. Creeping in, he got a chance to hear a great saxophone player by the name of Boney James. "Aww man, that instrument is way too cool, that's what I want to do," LJ said to himself. After the first time he heard Boney James, there wasn't a day that went by that LJ didn't dream about playing the sax. He would hop around the pad pretending to play a sax and asking his parents, "How did you like that tune?" or "Can I play you a tune, Mom?"
It was when LJ stopped going out

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