Another offbeat Darwin yarn is in the running for the 2023 Mango Madness Literary Award .
It involves a well known resident who in his younger days was known as Mad Max because of his tough demeanour on the footie field , blood at times flowing from his face .
The message went out : don't mix it with mean Mad Max .
However , he has recently been revealed as a soft, truly sensitive person in a most unusual saga.
Following rain which swept through an open part of his apartment , he found a large plastic box had part filled. So he took a bucket and began to bale it out .
Just about to throw a bucketful into a nearby garden , his eye caught something move : a tiny tadpole .
Eventually called Lucky, because it was lucky not to have been thrown to its death , the little wriggler was placed in a Laksa soup bowl ,below, and given royal treatment .
This included being fed expensive lettuce leaves , broccoli,munching on some in the photo, and corn pieces , for which it came back for seconds and thirds .
Being so well looked after, the tadpole, on friendly terms with the rescuer , being somewhat of a celebrity chef , developed muscles and signs of legs .
Lucky , at times called Tady , changed in shape , began to sit on top of leaves in the Laksa bowl .
Then , sadly, he disappeared . Becoming a muscular frog, keen to play football in the big pond league , he may have just hopped away.
When discussing the disappearance of his little buddy , MM said he missed his company.
It brought back sad memories , he confessed ,of the time when he was a boy and a pet frog died , causing him to cry .
