Swim with frogs in bogs.

A woman races with a big plastic toad on her head. She is in the World Bog Snorkelling Championship in Wales. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
People compete in the World Bog Snorkelling Championship. They are allowed to put flippers on their feet for the race. Their feet do most of the work. (PA via AP)
The bog trenches are about three feet deep. One person says the bog tastes like water used to wash dirty potatoes. Ew. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
Some people dress in funny costumes. Do you think this Barbie will snorkel well? (Cover Images via AP)
Farm worker Felix Barrveta uses a paddle in a cranberry bog in Washington. Will you eat cranberries this Thanksgiving? (AP/Ted S. Warren)

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Why should frogs have all the fun? People want to swim in bogs too.

Each year they have a contest. Many wear funny clothes. Who can swim fastest in the bog?

Pray: Thank God for fun times to play outside and in water with friends.

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The World Bog Snorkelling Championship is held every August in southwest Wales. Bogs are wetlands with lots of dead plant matter. People from all over come to this event. Racers snorkel over 350 feet. They must swim with their faces in murky water. They can’t see much. Normal swim strokes are not allowed. The current World Champion is art teacher Neil Rutter. He swam the race in one minute, 12 seconds this year.

God promises Israel, “I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses.” (Ezekiel 36:25)

For more about a bog (this one is full of cranberries), see Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende Devlin in our Recommended Reading.