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That is to say, unless one of us frogs has been there; for if we have, you will not see any. THAT IS TO SAY UNLESS ONE OF US FROGS HAS BEEN THERE FOR IF WE HAVE YOU WILL NOT SEE ANY
s well, and that is why we are so useful.” “Useful?” cried Tommy Smith. “Oh, I don’t believe that! I am sure that a frog can be of no use to anybody.” “If you were a gardener you would think differently,” said the frog; “at least, if you were not a very ignorant one. Have I not told you that I eat slugs and insects, and do you not know that slugs and insects eat the leaves of the flowers and vegetables in your garden? Have you never seen your father or his gardener pouring something over his rose-trees to kill the insects upon them? Now, I eat a great many insects in a single night, and I am only _one_ of the frogs in your garden. There are others there besides me. If we were all to be killed, your father would find it much more difficult to have nice roses, and he would lose other flowers too, for there are insects which do harm to all of them. As for the slugs, if you will go out some night with a lantern, you may see them feeding on some of the handsomest plants, with your own eyes. D CATERPILLARS AND WE EAT SLUGS AS WELL AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE SO USEFUL USEFUL CRIED TOMMY SMITH OH I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I AM SURE THAT A FROG CAN BE OF NO USE TO ANYBODY IF YOU WERE A GARDENER YOU WOULD THINK DIFFERENTLY SAID THE FROG AT LEAST IF YOU WERE NOT A VERY IGNORANT ONE HAVE I NOT TOLD YOU THAT I EAT SLUGS AND INSECTS AND DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT SLUGS AND INSECTS EAT THE LEAVES OF THE FLOWERS AND THE VEGETABLES IN YOUR GARDEN HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN YOUR FATHER OR HIS GARDENER POURING SOMETHING OVER HIS ROSE TREES TO KILL THE INSECTS UPON THEM NOW I EAT A GREAT MANY INSECTS IN A SINGLE NIGHT AND I AM ONLY ONE OF THE FROGS IN YOUR GARDEN THERE ARE OTHERS THERE BESIDE ME IF WE WERE ALL TO BE KILLED YOUR FATHER WOULD FIND IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO HAVE NICE ROSES AND HE WOULD LOSE OTHER FLOWERS TOO FOR THERE ARE INSECTS WHICH DO HARM TO ALL OF THEM AS FOR THE SLUGS IF YOU WILL GO OUT SOME NIGHT WITH A LANTERN YOU MAY SEE THEM FEEDING ON SOME OF THE HANDSOMEST PLANTS WITH YOUR OWN EYES
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