By a pool, a row of giant toads the size of chimpanzees, all covered with moss. They would appear to be part gorilla, and their colors range from green to gray to brown. The finest specimen--to the extreme left of the row--is bottle-green with huge eyes like frosted lightbulbs. They are all getting ready to dive into the water and crawl back into their shells (?)

EDITOR'S NOTE

Leiris was a Surrealist, and his dreams show it. Though most of his fellow Surrealists did not share his toad envy.

SOURCE: Nights as Day, Days as Night by Michel Leiris (1961; 1987 translation by Richard Sieburth) p. 8l. Title and digital sketch are mine.

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