You may have seen him/her/it. With big round eyes, a chubby head and a string of small frog balloons in hand, the frog stalks the streets and alleys with a lol of the head. Just who started this latest on and offline sensation? A lady in Nanjing, that’s who.
你可能见过他/她/它。青蛙睁着圆圆的大眼睛，胖嘟嘟的脑袋，手里拿着一串小青蛙气球，笑着在大街小巷里游荡。到底是谁发起了这一最新的线上线下轰动事件？南京的一位女士，就是这样的人。
Since last summer, these froggy characters have appeared on the streets of major cities across the country, jokingly referred to as “Baby Frog Seller” (卖崽青蛙) and becoming a top new trend.
去年夏天以来，这些青蛙形象出现在全国各大城市的街头，被戏称为“卖崽青蛙”，成为一股新潮流。
Meet Ms. Tong, specialised in frog design, one of whom’s videos has had over 2.1 million likes. Tong also now finds herself with over 100,000 online fans.
来认识一下专门从事青蛙设计的童女士，她的一个视频获得了超过 210 万个赞。 Tong 现在还发现自己拥有超过 100,000 名在线粉丝。
It’s a sensation which came about by both circumstance and need. Now 32, Tong had twins in 2019 and resigned her post as teacher at a vocational college to look after them.
这是一种因环境和需要而产生的感觉。现年32岁的佟2019年生下了双胞胎，为了照顾双胞胎，她辞去了职业学院教师的职务。
Last year, the twins started going to kindergarten but Tong could not find any suitable employment, reports The Paper.
据澎湃新闻报道，去年，双胞胎开始上幼儿园，但童童一直没有找到合适的工作。
A graduate with a graphic-design major from Nanjing University of the Arts, Tong based her design on a red toad in the 1980s animation, “Hulawa” (葫芦娃).
佟毕业于南京艺术学院平面设计专业，她的设计灵感来源于20世纪80年代动画《葫芦娃》中的一只红蟾蜍。
With her matching costume to drum up some trade, she began by selling the little frog toys on Yunjin Lu in Nanjing’s Jianye District. And she attracted a lot of attention.
为了招揽生意，她在南京建邺区云锦路开始销售小青蛙玩具。她引起了很多关注。
With Tong running around in a crazy manner, she also found she was providing entertainment, with videos of her going viral on the internet. She admitted to reporters that she was somewhat shocked to see herself as the unwitting star in a video with 400,000 likes that had been filmed just the day before.
童疯狂地跑来跑去，她还发现自己在提供娱乐，她的视频在网上疯传。她向记者承认，当她在前一天拍摄的一段获得40万赞的视频中无意中成为明星时，她感到有些震惊。
Fast forward to today and Tong now has a WeChat group of Baby Frog Sellers from all over the country, members of which are earning around ¥2,000 per day.
时至今日，童已经拥有了一个来自全国各地的青蛙宝宝卖家微信群，成员每天的收入在2000元左右。
Tong also receives many private messages from her viewers. “Some of them are unemployed mums like me, and some are people unsatisfied with their work and seeking a part-time job”, she said.
佟还收到很多观众的私信。 “其中一些是像我一样失业的妈妈，还有一些是对自己的工作不满意并正在寻找兼职工作的人，”她说。
Being first to the party, Tong applied to trademark the image of Baby Frog Seller early on. According to the registration certificate she received, her froggy look is officially named, “Guaxixi Image” (呱兮兮形象).
作为第一个参加聚会的人，童很早就申请了“卖青蛙”形象的商标。根据她收到的登记证明，她的青蛙造型被正式命名为“呱兮兮形象”。
But for her, it’s not about the money. “I don’t care about copyright issues”, said Tong. “I’m just very happy that my celebrity frogs can help people start a business.”
但对她来说，这不是钱的问题。 “我不关心版权问题”，童说。 “我很高兴我的名人青蛙可以帮助人们创业。”
