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He lives a little way off, in the shrubbery; so if you would like to see how he does it, I can bring you to him. HE LIVES A LITTLE WAY OFF IN THE SHRUBBERY SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW HE DOES IT I CAN BRING YOU TO HIM
them?” “Oh yes, I have!” said Tommy Smith; “but I always thought that those were tadpoles.” “They are tadpoles,” said the frog, “but they are young frogs for all that. A little tadpole grows into a big frog, just as a little boy grows into a big man. So you see, what a funny life mine has been, and what a lot of curious things have happened to me.” “Yes, you have had a funny life, Mr. Frog,” said Tommy Smith, “and I think it is very interesting. But is there any other clever thing you can do besides catching flies? I can catch flies myself, but I do it with my hand instead of with my tongue.” “I can change my skin,” said the frog, “and _that_ is something which _you_ cannot do.” “No,” said Tommy Smith; “and I do not believe you can do it either. I think you are only laughing at me.” “Well,” said the frog, “as it happens, my skin fits me quite comfortably now, and is not at all too tight, so I do not want to change it yet. But I have a cousin—a toad—who is quite ready to have a new one.  TAILS THAT I HAVE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT SWIMMING ABOUT IN THEM OH YES I HAVE SAID TOMMY SMITH BUT I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THOSE WERE TADPOLES THEY ARE TADPOLES SAID THE FROG BUT THEY ARE YOUNG FROGS FOR ALL THAT A LITTLE TADPOLE GROWS INTO A BIG FROG JUST AS A LITTLE BOY GROWS INTO A BIG MAN SO YOU SEE WHAT A FUNNY LIFE MINE HAS BEEN AND WHAT A LOT OF CURIOUS THINGS HAVE HAPPENED TO ME YES YOU HAVE HAD A FUNNY LIFE MISTER FROG SAID TOMMY SMITH AND I THINK IT IS VERY INTERESTING BUT IS THERE ANY OTHER CLEVER THING THAT YOU CAN DO BESIDES CATCHING FLIES I CAN CATCH FLIES MYSELF BUT I DO IT WITH MY HAND INSTEAD OF MY TONGUE I CAN CHANGE MY SKIN SAID THE FROG AND THAT IS SOMETHING WHICH YOU CANNOT DO NO SAID TOMMY SMITH AND I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU CAN DO IT EITHER I THINK YOU ARE ONLY LAUGHING AT ME WELL SAID THE FROG AS IT HAPPENS MY SKIN FITS ME QUITE COMFORTABLY NOW AND IS NOT AT ALL TOO TIGHT SO I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE IT YET BUT I HAVE A COUSIN A TOAD WHO IS QUITE READY TO HAVE A NEW ONE
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