Alternately, a study in fun, slimy, squirmy things: in the late spring/early summer, if you live near a stream, if you're 10 or 11, if you're quick and industrious, a device to frighten the girly girls. Your shoes are full of mud, your mother rolls her eyes, you're proud and giddy, swinging that bucket between your legs, jeans wet plastered on, watching the lil'froggies dive kamikaze off the rim.