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"But how do you use a tongue like that?" said Tommy Smith. "Put the tip of your forefinger against your thumb," said the frog; "only, first, you must turn your hand so that the back of it is towards the ground, and the palm upwards." BUT HOW DO YOU USE A TONGUE LIKE THAT SAID TOMMY SMITH PUT THE TIP OF YOUR FOREFINGER AGAINST YOUR THUMB SAID THE FROG ONLY FIRST YOU MUST TURN YOUR HAND SO THAT THE BACK OF IT IS TOWARDS THE GROUND AND THE PALM UPWARDS
been wide open, was shut once more, and the fly was nowhere to be seen. “Have you caught it?” said Tommy Smith. “Yes,” said the frog, “and swallowed it too.” “But how did you do it?” said Tommy Smith; “and what was that funny pink thing that came out of your mouth?” “That was my tongue,” the frog answered. “Your tongue!” cried Tommy Smith. “But it looked so funny—not at all like my own tongue.” “No,” said the frog. “My tongue is quite different to yours, and I do not use it in the same way. Hold out your hand so that I can hop into it, and then I will show you all about it.” Tommy Smith did as he was told, and—plop! there was the frog sitting in his hand. He at once opened his mouth, which was a very wide one, and allowed Tommy Smith to look at his tongue. What a funny tongue it was! It seemed to be turned backwards, for the tip, which was forked, instead of being just inside the lips as it is with us, was right down the throat, whilst the root of it was where the tip of our tongue is. G'S MOUTH BACK IT CAME AGAIN SNAP HIS MOUTH WHICH HAD BEEN WIDE OPEN WAS SHUT ONCE MORE AND THE FLY WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN HAVE YOU CAUGHT IT SAID TOMMY SMITH YES SAID THE FROG AND SWALLOWED IT TOO BUT HOW DO YOU DO IT SAID TOMMY SMITH AND WHAT WAS THAT FUNNY PINK THING THAT CAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH THAT WAS MY TONGUE THE FROG ANSWERED YOUR TONGUE CRIED TOMMY SMITH BUT IT LOOKED SO FUNNY NOT AT ALL LIKE MY OWN TONGUE NO SAID THE FROG MY TONGUE IS QUITE DIFFERENT TO YOURS AND I DO NOT USE IT IN THE SAME WAY HOLD OUT YOUR HAND SO THAT I CAN HOP INTO IT AND THEN I WILL SHOW YOU ALL ABOUT IT TOMMY SMITH DID AS HE WAS TOLD AND PLOP THERE WAS THE FROG SITTING ON HIS HAND HE AT ONCE OPENED HIS MOUTH WHICH WAS A VERY WIDE MOUTH AND ALLOWED TOMMY SMITH TO LOOK AT HIS TONGUE WHAT A FUNNY TONGUE IT WAS IT SEEMED TO BE TURNED BACKWARDS FOR THE TIP WHICH WAS FORKED INSTEAD OF BEING JUST INSIDE THE LIPS AS IT IS WITH US WAS RIGHT DOWN THE THROAT WHILST THE ROOT OF IT WAS WHERE THE TIP OF OUR TONGUE IS
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