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"Go on," said Tommy Smith, "I should like to hear very much." "In the nice warm weather," the frog continued, "we hop about the country, and then we like to come into gardens. But in the winter we go to ponds and ditches and bury ourselves in the mud at the bottom, and go to sleep there. GO ON SAID TOMMY SMITH I SHOULD LIKE TO HEAR VERY MUCH IN NICE WARM WEATHER THE FROG CONTINUED WE HOP ABOUT THE COUNTRY AND THEN WE LIKE TO COME INTO GARDENS BUT IN THE WINTER WE GO TO PONDS AND DITCHES AND BURY OURSELVES IN THE MUD AT THE BOTTOM AND GO TO SLEEP THERE
st he said, “You seem to me a very big frog. Were you always as big as you are now?” “Why, of course not,” said the frog, “a frog grows up just as much as a little boy does. I was once so small that you would hardly have been able to see me. But, besides being smaller, I was quite a different shape to what I am now. I had no legs at all, but instead of them I had a long tail, with which I used to swim about in the water, so that I was much more like a fish than a frog, and many people would have thought that I was a fish.” “That sounds very funny,” said Tommy Smith. “But were not you once much smaller than you are now?” said the frog. “Oh yes!” Tommy Smith answered, “but however small I was, I was always a little boy, and had hands and feet, just as I have now.” “With you it is different,” said the frog; “but there are some animals who are one thing when they are born, but change into another as they grow older. It is so with us frogs, and, if you listen, I will tell you all about it.” CAUSE HE DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN BUT AT LAST HE SAID YOU SEEM TO ME A VERY BIG FROG WERE YOU ALWAYS AS BIG AS YOU ARE NOW WHY OF COURSE NOT SAID THE FROG A FROG GROWS UP JUST AS MUCH AS A LITTLE BOY DOES I WAS ONCE SO SMALL THAT YOU WOULD HARDLY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE ME BUT BESIDES BEING SMALLER I WAS QUITE A DIFFERENT SHAPE TO WHAT I AM NOW I HAD NO LEGS AT ALL BUT INSTEAD OF THEM I HAD A LONG TAIL WITH WHICH I USED TO SWIM ABOUT IN THE WATER SO THAT I WAS MUCH MORE LIKE A FISH THAN A FROG AND MANY PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT I WAS A FISH THAT SOUNDS VERY FUNNY SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT WERE NOT YOU ONCE MUCH SMALLER THAN YOU ARE NOW SAID THE FROG OH YES TOMMY SMITH ANSWERED BUT HOWEVER SMALL HE WAS I WAS ALWAYS A LITTLE BOY AND HAD HANDS AND FEET JUST AS I HAVE NOW WITH YOU IT IS DIFFERENT SAID THE FROG BUT THERE ARE SOME ANIMALS WHO ARE ONCE ONE THING WHEN THEY ARE BORN BUT CHANGE INTO ANOTHER AS THEY GROW OLDER IT IS SO WITH US FROGS AND IF YOU LISTEN I WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT
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