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"That is because nobody ever told you," said the frog, "and you have never thought of finding out for yourself. But have you not passed by ponds in the spring time and seen those little brown things with tails that I have been telling you about swimming about in them?" THAT IS BECAUSE NOBODY EVER TOLD YOU SAID THE FROG AND YOU HAVE NEVER THOUGHT OF FINDING OUT FOR YOURSELF BUT HAVE YOU NOT PASSED BY PONDS IN THE SPRING AND SEEN THOSE LITTLE BROWN THINGS WITH TAILS THAT I HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT SWIMMING ABOUT IN THEM
 the water, as well as if it had had swimming lessons, although, of course, it has never had any. It soon grows bigger, and then you can see that it has a large round head and a long tail, but you cannot see any legs. But, as it goes on growing, a small pair of hind legs come out, one on each side of the tail, and then every day the tail gets smaller and the hind legs larger. Still there are no front legs yet, but at last these come too. The tail is now quite short, and the head and body begin to look like a frog’s head and body, which they did not do before, and they go on looking more and more like one, until, at last, the little brown thing with a tail, that swam about like a fish in the water, has changed into a little baby frog, that hops about on the land. Then this little baby frog grows larger and larger, until, at last, he becomes a fine fat frog, as big and as handsome as I am.” “It all seems very curious,” said little Tommy Smith; “and I never knew anything about it before.”  IT COMES OUT IT BEGINS TO SWIM ABOUT IN THE WATER AS WELL AS IF IT HAD HAD SWIMMING LESSONS ALTHOUGH OF COURSE IT HAS NEVER HAD ANY IT SOON GROWS BIGGER AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT IT HAS A LARGE ROUND HEAD AND A LONG TAIL BUT YOU CANNOT SEE ANY LEG BUT AS IT GOES ON GROWING A SMALL PAIR OF HIND LEGS COME OUT ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE TAIL AND THEN EVERY DAY THE TAIL GETS SMALLER AND THE HIND LEGS LARGER STILL THERE ARE NO FRONT LEGS YET BUT AT LAST THESE COME TOO THE TAIL IS NOW QUITE SHORT AND THE HEAD AND BODY BEGIN TO LOOK LIKE A FROG'S HEAD AND BODY WHICH THEY DID NOT DO BEFORE AND THEY GO ON LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKE ONE UNTIL AT LAST THE LITTLE BROWN THING WITH A TAIL THAT SWAM ABOUT LIKE A FISH IN THE WATER HAS CHANGED INTO A LITTLE BABY FROG THAT HOPS ABOUT ON THE LAND THEN THIS LITTLE BABY FROG GROWS LARGER AND LARGER TILL AT LAST HE BECOMES A FINE FAT FROG AS BIG AND AS HANDSOME AS I AM IT ALL SEEMS VERY CURIOUS SAID LITTLE TOMMY SMITH AND I NEVER KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT IT BEFORE
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