Stealthy Recon Foiled

An Alert British woman foiled the latest plot by the Animal Uprising™ to insert an intelligence operative into her home. Because of her sharp observational skills, the agent was captured.

The toad is on ice.

HUNTINGDON When Sainsbury’s began urging customers to “try something new today”, it’s unlikely that anyone at the supermarket chain had toad on a bed of herb salad in mind.

Jessanne De’Ath, from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, was unpacking her groceries when she found a natterjack toad, an endangered species in Britain, in her bag of salad. The 7cm (2in) toad is thought to have travelled from Portugal, where the salad was packed.

Ms. De'Ath received a £10 reward from the grocer for having located the secret agent. For some reason, she is reluctant to try to capture any other enemy agents, however and promises that she will not buy more salad with her reward money. As for the unsuccessful enemy agent, his mistake was to have tried to use salad as an infiltration vehicle.

Everyone knows that natterjack toads go much better in an omelet.

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