The day after this close encounter there were little discs,
about half the size of a dime, floating in the pond.
Several days later,
they were swimming and the little pond was host to hundreds of tadpoles or pollywogs!
After a few weeks...
back legs, then front legs, and the tail disappears.
Before you know it, they are hopping out and about - tiny toads!
It's one of nature's greatest shows.