‘Frog and Toad’ Are Memes

Ms. Lobel suggested that our nonchalance toward the memes was generational. Dark humor, the abasement of familiar characters — these qualities were inevitable when something fell into the hands of redditors armed with Photoshop. "I’m able to see these as a part of meme culture rather than a comment on the books,” she said, adding that her parents are “only able to see it as blasphemy against Frog and Toad.”

The important thing
is — wherever they appear --
Frog and Toad are friends.

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