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"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. 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
arm to his father’s garden.” “I don’t want to do that,” said Tommy Smith; “so, if what you say is true”— “You can find it in a natural history book, if you look,” said the frog; “but I ought to know best myself. And I can tell you this, that when a frog speaks to a little boy, he always speaks the truth.” “Well, then,” said Tommy Smith, “I will never hurt a frog again.” How pleased the poor frog was when he heard that. He gave a great hop out of Tommy Smith’s hand, and came down upon the grass again, and then he hopped about for a little while, jumping higher each time than the time before. “Frogs always speak the truth,” he said,—“when they speak to little boys. And now, perhaps, you would like to learn something more about me. Ask me any question you like, and I will answer it, because of what you have just promised.” This puzzled Tommy Smith a little, because 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?” O ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THE BOY WHO KILLS A FROG DOES HARM TO HIS FATHER'S GARDEN I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT SAID TOMMY SMITH SO IF WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE YOU CAN FIND IT IN A NATURAL HISTORY BOOK IF YOU LOOK SAID THE FROG BUT I OUGHT TO KNOW BEST MYSELF AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS THAT WHEN A FROG SPEAKS TO A LITTLE BOY HE ALWAYS SPEAKS THE TRUTH WELL THEN SAID TOMMY SMITH I WILL NEVER HURT A FROG AGAIN HOW PLEASED THE POOR FROG WAS WHEN HE HEARD THAT HE GAVE A GREAT HOP OUT OF TOMMY SMITH'S HAND AND CAME DOWN UPON THE GRASS AGAIN AND THEN HE HOPPED ABOUT FOR A LITTLE WHILE JUMPING HIGHER EACH TIME THAN THE TIME BEFORE FROGS ALWAYS SPEAK THE TRUTH HE SAID WHEN THEY SPEAK TO LITTLE BOYS AND NOW PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN SOMETHING MORE ABOUT ME ASK ME ANY QUESTION YOU LIKE AND I WILL ANSWER IT BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE JUST PROMISED THIS PUZZLED TOMMY SMITH A LITTLE BECAUSE 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
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